Mr. Kalanick says the finance industry recruits stellar young people and trains them in skills that are also important to tech companies: managing data and selling to and communicating with customers.

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Rosenberg had him do an assessment of his skills, and he realized he was good at developing work schedules and organizing and managing people according to their strengths.

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