I find it interesting that people here talk about the interview process and working at companies such as Google and Microsoft, but I almost never hear about Apple.
Why is this? Is it the iPhone/Android debate? Or is it something else?
Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
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Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#2The first rule of working at Apple - No one talks about Apple.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#3The first rule of working at Apple - No one talks about Apple.
Ok ya, I understand it's a secretive culture.
But plenty of people talk about going to, and getting rejected, at other places also...
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#4There's folklore.org but that's like 25 years ago.
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#5NDA?
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#6My first guess would be respect for the company. Secondarily, plenty of results in google reveal that the policy (if somewhat unofficially) is that you can say you work at Apple on your blog, etc, but not really blog /about/ Working At Apple. Even if there's no official policy on it, it's just better taste to say "The thoughts of John Doe" and not represent oneself as "John Doe of Apple."
"There's a PR department for that."
All that said, there are plenty of writers/bloggers who work at Apple. Randsinrepose.com is a personal favorite, and contains the writing work of Michael Lopp who may be an engineering manager at the fruit company. This policy of sorts goes much further back than iPhone/Android or any other blog-hyped non-competition.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#7Probably because most of the people working there would like to keep their jobs.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#8The first rule of working at Apple - No one talks about Apple.
Second rule of Apple: one button and no more. If you need more, just use the on-screen buttons.
Re: Ask HN: Why does no one talk about working or interviewing for Apple?
#9There's enough talk here about Apple, maybe not about working or interviewing there, but honestly there's just way too much talk about big companies on HN already; we don't need more.
What's the point of this meta thread anyway? Are you planning to work at Apple? If so, why don't you just ask specific direct questions about that?
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