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Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by ralfd »

dsirijus wrote: post #20
SwellJoe wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd go further, and say that Apple is significantly worse than many other corporations in our industry, in terms of how they treat their people, how they treat their customers, and how they view the world and the ecosystem in which they operate. When Apple has power, they abuse it. When they don't have power, they fight tooth and nail to obtain it, while playing the underdog card. And, there are corporations in our i…

When I had to provide credit card information to install FREE application from iTunes, and send copy of ID to Facebook to get my account unlocked (because of their obvious system-wide bug), all in one week, I gave up. I'll finish these Facebook apps I am contracted to build, wrap up iOS apps also under contract, and stick it to the man. No more of this hogwash.

You don't have to provide credit card to create an iTunes account. There is a "no payment" option and Apps can/have to be bought then with gift certificates.

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by dsirijus »

ralfd wrote: post #31
dsirijus wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I had to provide credit card information to install FREE application from iTunes, and send copy of ID to Facebook to get my account unlocked (because of their obvious system-wide bug), all in one week, I gave up. I'll finish these Facebook apps I am contracted to build, wrap up iOS apps also under contract, and stick it to the man. No more of this hogwash.

You don't have to provide credit card to create an iTunes account. There is a "no payment" option and Apps can/have to be bought then with gift certificates.

I personally encountered experience where no such option was provided. If you google around a bit, you might find I'm not the only one, and I kinda think that ain't a bug. Also, the Facebook requiring me to send them copy of my ID might also not be accidental.

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by maeon3 »

Man, every post I'm reading is negative, it's just a motivational poster, I liked it. You only have on life, give it 100%. Whatever you are doing, do it like you only have one day left to do it with.

I'm disappointed that HN would blow out of proportion the one cloud on the beautiful day.

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by dsirijus »

maeon3 wrote: post #33

Man, every post I'm reading is negative, it's just a motivational poster, I liked it. You only have on life, give it 100%. Whatever you are doing, do it like you only have one day left to do it with. I'm disappointed that HN would blow out of proportion the one cloud on the beautiful day.

Obviously, the folk around here ain't the one to "keep in line".

EDIT: Up-voted the replied-to comment, because I respect the contrary opinion when it's underdog.

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by pm90 »

Somehow, I feel that the following short anecdote is appropriate here:

"There are ancient cathedrals which, apart from their consecrated purpose, inspire solemnity and awe. Even the curious visitor speaks of serious things, with hushed voice, and as each whisper reverberates through the vaulted nave, the returning echo seems to bear a message of mystery. The labor of generations of architects and artisans has been forgotten, the scaffolding erected for their toil has long since been removed, their mistakes have been erased, or have become hidden by the dust of centuries. Seeing only the perfection of the completed whole, we are impressed as by some superhuman agency. But sometimes we enter such an edifice that is still partly under construction; then the sound of hammers, the reek of tobacco, the trivial jests bandied from workman to workman, enable us to realize that these great structures are but the result of giving to ordinary human effort a direction and purpose. Science has its cathedrals, built by the efforts of a few architects and of many workers." -Gilbet Newton Lewis

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by marcus »

josteink wrote: post #14

So like... A company bragging about itself in a way to make employees work more without asking to get paid for it? Can't say I've seen anything like that before. How original this makes Apple! Back to real life: every company claims to be best, unique or something like that. Some hollow, BS claim to motivate their employees. But just because they print it on a poster doesn't make it any more real. Apple is heartless…

This reminds me of a conversation I had once with a friend who worked in McKinsey, I told him "I might be smart enough to work for McKinsey, but I am definitely not stupid enough to work in McKinsey"

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by theorique »

Apple is a cult? I believe it.

Not that I'm complaining, as I type this on my MacBook Pro, with my iPhone beside it and my iPad 3 and iPod Nano in the backpack on the floor.

Cult or not, they make high quality products at high prices.

I've drunk the Kool-Aid just like many of you.

Re: Apple's inspirational note to new hires

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Post by danssig »

Swizec wrote: post #7

Honest question: is it really possible to do that sort of work as a cog inside a huge corporation? I'm asking because I'm looking at very likely being gobbled up by such a large corporation ...

Pretty much no. There are exceptions but they fit the term "exception" nicely.
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