AMEX Gold For PE Associate in SF

I'm going to be starting as an associate at a large cap PE fund in SF soon, and I'm debating whether it's worth opening an AMEX Gold. My fund issues a corporate card that will reduce the annual fee, and I can rack up points from UberEats ordered to the office. However, I'm concerned that I won't be able to use some of the credits well (Dunkin, Resy, etc) in SF. I'm also looking at the Chase Sapphire Preferred and Capital One Venture X as additional options. I'm currently using simple cash back cards so I'm fairly new to the points game. Would love to hear any thoughts!

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