Side question: Is it still true that if you work at Apple, you can't be doing side projects etc? I've heard some stories rules from Big tech companies specially Apple that they restrict heavily what can and can't be done even in your free time.
Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
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Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#22Side question: Is it still true that if you work at Apple, you can't be doing side projects etc? I've heard some stories rules from Big tech companies specially Apple that they restrict heavily what can and can't be done even in your free time.
Are most Applers even allowed to speak in forums like this one? Did OP follow the rules?
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#23Do Apple attract the best software engineers? If I were a talented hardware engineer, chip designer, hardware designer - I'd want to work at Apple because Apple attracts the best people in these fields. I imagine that Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon get the lion share of the best software engineers. No one has ever said Apple services, like the iCloud and Apple Music backend, or Siri, are quality piece of software en…
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#24Do Apple attract the best software engineers? If I were a talented hardware engineer, chip designer, hardware designer - I'd want to work at Apple because Apple attracts the best people in these fields. I imagine that Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon get the lion share of the best software engineers. No one has ever said Apple services, like the iCloud and Apple Music backend, or Siri, are quality piece of software en…
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#25Do Apple attract the best software engineers? If I were a talented hardware engineer, chip designer, hardware designer - I'd want to work at Apple because Apple attracts the best people in these fields. I imagine that Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon get the lion share of the best software engineers. No one has ever said Apple services, like the iCloud and Apple Music backend, or Siri, are quality piece of software en…
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#26Side question: Is it still true that if you work at Apple, you can't be doing side projects etc? I've heard some stories rules from Big tech companies specially Apple that they restrict heavily what can and can't be done even in your free time.
Are most Applers even allowed to speak in forums like this one? Did OP follow the rules?
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#27This totally changes when you're a specific candidate with skills Apple values. What this guy experienced wasn't an interview process. They had already decided to hire him before what he described as the interview process. They already know he's good, he experienced the talent acquisition process. The bit that happens when the company has already decided to hire you and is now doing everything it can to sell you on the job.
If someone outside of recruiting contacts you about a job at a company, you will not experience a normal interview process, because they're already quite likely to want to hire you.
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#28Do Apple attract the best software engineers? If I were a talented hardware engineer, chip designer, hardware designer - I'd want to work at Apple because Apple attracts the best people in these fields. I imagine that Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon get the lion share of the best software engineers. No one has ever said Apple services, like the iCloud and Apple Music backend, or Siri, are quality piece of software en…
Currently entropy is getting to Apple in many ways. iTunes and Apple Music didn't use to be mediocre, but are now. Siri is very mediocre. OS quality is declining although still pretty good. Hardware division is excellent, but most hardware divisions are.
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#29When I was an intern, we had to pay $1200 a month for corporate housing, and they put 4 of us in a 2 bedroom apartment, walking distance from IL1 in Cupertino. They also gave the 4 of us 2 bikes. Apple's cafeteria may not be free, but at least they're paying for intern housing these days.
That's horrible. If I needed more reasons to not work for Apple, this'd have definitely been a dealbreaker for me. Of course, Apple with their forced RTO and, in general, disdain for remote work, provides many reasons for me not to work for them anyways.
Re: Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode
#30The biggest stumbling block with leetcode is that you shouldn't be programming like that in real life.
"make a linked list" no, just use a library like everyone else.
"Implement addition in python but with string inputs", "no you can't use the built in x" All of that "clever" shit should be filtered out at PR/MR/diff review time.
All of this "clever shit" is exceptionally bad programming. We don't live in the 80s anymore. we don't need to make our own sort algorithms. just. use. a. Library.