[in Uber] Me: so how do you like driving for Uber? Him: love it. been doing it 3 years. fits my lifestyle. Me: really? reading lots of bad press about it lately. Him: I subscribe to 50 Cent’s philosophy - “if haters gonna hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up.”
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Uber/Lyft earnings analyses miss the importance of cashflow vs profit. Sure, you might make a low-ish wage after factoring in maintenance & depreciation - but large maintenance expenses happen later, and cash happens now. Drivers can 'borrow' from future at a zero interest rate.
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If you are paycheck-to-paycheck and need $3k, and you can earn $3k now but have to pay for a new $2k transmission in 2 years, that's a *great* option. Wage analyses miss the whole point: in periods where you don't have cash, cashflow is all that matters.
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(One driver, though, knew everything down to the dime, and had a specific date set for retirement - he even told me how many years, months, and days it was away. That was an amazing conversation. He'd built and reviewed daily a big spreadsheet model, IIRC.)
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For this driver, (s)he might retire rich. For the others, it's a question mark. It's useful to have a reference cost. i.e. the cost of driving a car is about $0.58/mile, the US government car mileage reimbursement rate.
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