Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
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Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#2It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority.
(As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#3Sad but makes sense, Im thinking he violated his NDAs, Apple could have likely sued him for that
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#4"I had no idea this was a violation"
Somehow hard to believe.
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#5It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")
If you are someone else’s employee then you are already “bowing to authority” or as I put it working for someone else.
NDAs are serious. If I violated a NDA I would likely be taken to court as well as fired.
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#6How a tech company can dictate a lifestyle, and make you lose your job for it, is beyond me. I guess you deserve the consequences if you subscribe to that lifestyle contract.
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#7Discussion on the Verge article submission from 1 day ago (73 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15576895
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#8Looks like they're making an example of him more than anything else. In this case, a lot of media reporters already have made detailed videos of the phone so the damage is minimal -- but if another engineer leaks the next iPhone at an alpha stage, it would be very different.
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#9It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")
If you are someone else’s employee then you are already “bowing to authority” or as I put it working for someone else. NDAs are serious. If I violated a NDA I would likely be taken to court as well as fired.
Yes. And that's my point: We have no autonomy to decide whether something matters. You don't get to choose.
Unless, of course, you're in a position of power. Then you do.
That kind of cheapens the idea that we're all working to build something great. Situations like this reveal what we're really working for.
Re: Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral
#10It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")
What about it do you find strange? He broke the rules, which he himself signed on he wouldn't, and got fired as a result. As a counter argument 'what does it matter i was drink driving officer? There was no one on the road'