Probably because most of the people working there would like to keep their jobs.
Freedom, yeah baby!
Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
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#22Fear is a man's best friend.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#23For the people working there, talking about it on a public forum is cause enough to get fired, and hiding behind an online alias is not going to give you enough protection. Apple is full of really smart people, who like their jobs well enough not to risk losing them so casually and for such little incentive. As for the process of interviewing: for a lot of the more interesting jobs at Apple, interviewing involves sig…
"Unless, perhaps, you're at MobileMe" -- sounds like you've got some gossip to get off your chest. Anything you care to share?
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#24For the people working there, talking about it on a public forum is cause enough to get fired, and hiding behind an online alias is not going to give you enough protection. Apple is full of really smart people, who like their jobs well enough not to risk losing them so casually and for such little incentive. As for the process of interviewing: for a lot of the more interesting jobs at Apple, interviewing involves sig…
Ok this is the answer I was looking for - but a bit unexpected. I can certainly understand an NDA for working there, but interviewing? ok...
As for comments farther down, it's a case of curiosity like I said - corporate/company culture, not their products. I think that's relative no matter what the company size is.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#25Fear is a man's best friend.
"Fear is a dictator's best friend"
FTFY :-)
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#27For the people working there, talking about it on a public forum is cause enough to get fired, and hiding behind an online alias is not going to give you enough protection. Apple is full of really smart people, who like their jobs well enough not to risk losing them so casually and for such little incentive. As for the process of interviewing: for a lot of the more interesting jobs at Apple, interviewing involves sig…
I left a few years ago, and once I left the reality-distortion/no-disclosure zone I was amazed at how paranoid we all were over computer accessories. When you're in the mix, it feels like the most important thing in the world. And yet, since leaving, I haven't been able to find a job that challenges or stimulates me anything near what Apple did.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#28but i think the author's got a point, you never hear about any stalwarts of software dev defecting to apple, do you?
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#29For the people working there, talking about it on a public forum is cause enough to get fired, and hiding behind an online alias is not going to give you enough protection. Apple is full of really smart people, who like their jobs well enough not to risk losing them so casually and for such little incentive. As for the process of interviewing: for a lot of the more interesting jobs at Apple, interviewing involves sig…
"Unless, perhaps, you're at MobileMe" -- sounds like you've got some gossip to get off your chest. Anything you care to share?
Not at all. It was just difficult to find the same kind of satisfaction in your work when other parts of the product fail so spectacularly. The MobileMe launch was a widely known failure, and the effects of that (and the problems) went on for a long time. Still today, there are many (legitimate) complaints about MobileMe, and such things impact one's satisfaction quite a lot.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#30For the people working there, talking about it on a public forum is cause enough to get fired, and hiding behind an online alias is not going to give you enough protection. Apple is full of really smart people, who like their jobs well enough not to risk losing them so casually and for such little incentive. As for the process of interviewing: for a lot of the more interesting jobs at Apple, interviewing involves sig…
You can interview for all kinds of positions involving classified weapons and intelligence without signing an NDA, but Apple requires you to sign one? What could possibly be so special about their interview process?
I guess they're worried about people gaming the system, but what stops someone from breaking the NDA to one individual going in for the interview and not online? Wouldn't that give the one individual a huge advantage?
(Though I got fingerprinted and background checked before I could even sit down for those interviews)