Why I quit working at a startup
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Why I quit working at a startup
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#2I think you rightly point out that there is a lot of value that is under appreciated. Controlled schedules, steady pay, and being around people that build your skill set. Good article.
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#3Great insight on the pros and cons of working in different environments. Thanks for writing the article.
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#4Great article. Programming is fun but when you're at a company and you're the most knowlegdable programmer than it becomes very lonely because your getting bombarded with work and like stated in the article if you do not know the answer to something Google and stackoverflow is your friend.
Great article, happy you got the job at Apple doing what you love.
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#5Great article. Programming is fun but when you're at a company and you're the most knowlegdable programmer than it becomes very lonely because your getting bombarded with work and like stated in the article if you do not know the answer to something Google and stackoverflow is your friend. Great article, happy you got the job at Apple doing what you love.
Add IRC and friends who are way better than you working elsewhere too.
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#6A tweet about apple job? That is interesting
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#7Not all startups are staffed with 1 lonely developer and require 4 hour daily commute time, but I wouldn't work at those that are like that either.
In the big corporate world you may also yourself surrounded by non-technical coordinators and developers with outdated skills -- perhaps not so much at Apple, which is a great gig if you get it. Problem with big corps is they're risk averse, so less likely to adopt trendy new tools, not hip to the latest tricks of the trade, so your surrounded by experience but not working with the latest tools and practices.
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#8A tweet about apple job? That is interesting
Yes. This is the tweet that got me the job - https://twitter.com/ddenboer/status/314419356685705219
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#9Not all startups are staffed with 1 lonely developer and require 4 hour daily commute time, but I wouldn't work at those that are like that either. In the big corporate world you may also yourself surrounded by non-technical coordinators and developers with outdated skills -- perhaps not so much at Apple, which is a great gig if you get it. Problem with big corps is they're risk averse, so less likely to adopt trendy…
I agree that not all startups are like that.
Most startups that are in their early stage don't have many developers and also don't have the funding to hire an army of developers. So they only have one expert per field.
The team that I interviewed with at Apple has 4 experienced iOS developers and this team specifically uses libraries very extensively. Mostly they have libraries that they have developer in house, but when there is something better out there they try to adapt quickly.
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#10Great article. Programming is fun but when you're at a company and you're the most knowlegdable programmer than it becomes very lonely because your getting bombarded with work and like stated in the article if you do not know the answer to something Google and stackoverflow is your friend. Great article, happy you got the job at Apple doing what you love.
Add IRC and friends who are way better than you working elsewhere too.
That helps but nothing like having a 1-1 face to face interaction with some developer you meet everyday.