Insights from Yandex Interns and Employees: Driver Ratings, Productivity, and Growth Ideas

Timestamped Summary

• 📝
  00:00

  Yandex interns introduce themselves and their work during an internship program in their library.
• 📸
  07:13

  A speaker shares their experience with an avatar picture service and the challenges they faced with technology.
• 📈
  10:40

  Drivers need to maintain a high level of activity to keep their rating and benefits, 🚫 ban abusive users, and 🚕 lower commission for active taxi drivers to prioritize orders based on their rating and loyalty level.
• 📱
  13:55

  Yandex app has a hidden admin panel accessible by shaking the phone, while employees work on Fridays to combine ideas and a general rating system for passengers and drivers is suggested.
• 💰
  16:58

  📉 Speaker's income is negative, so they plan to postpone a task; an app offers driver achievements for completed orders, with a focus on reducing inappropriate chat behavior.
• 📅
  19:06

  The speaker mentions a holy day and suggests two options for music, while discussing workplace productivity and access to certain areas in the Yandex office.
• 🚲
  23:27

  A bike treadmill is a great indoor biking option, but integration and turning it off can be problematic. 🗑️ The speaker likes having trash bins on every floor and wants music in the office, but is frustrated with the unreliable work camera and suggests using Yandex for streaming. 🎲 The speaker is in an uncomfortable game room with broken toys and hookah players, expressing frustration about various things.
• 📢
  31:21

  The speaker emphasized the importance of personalized mugs, smaller phones, free coffee, and weekly team meetings with task updates. 👨‍💻 The duty officer is responsible for fixing bugs in production and helping users with inquiries about the service. 🐛 A bug was found in a new feature that blocked half the screen and affected external users, but it was quickly fixed and a new version was rolled out for testing. 🌱 The speaker completed a branch for review, wrote a little on Wiki, and discussed the need for more serious ideas to push and growth.