The Pragmatic Engineer: From Uber Payments Lead to Substack's #1 Tech Newsletter
After six years managing Uber's payments infrastructure and witnessing pandemic layoffs, Gergely Orosz launched The Pragmatic Engineer on Substack. It hit #1 in tech within four months, crossed one million subscribers in three and a half years, and generates $1.5M+ annually — entirely from reader subscriptions, with zero ads or sponsors.