> Every technology company says it wants “rock stars.”
This might offend some people, but tech companies and managers do not want rock star programmers. If you're a "rock star" 0.25x programmer, then your job will always be lost to the boring 1x jobbers that apply for the position. Rock star hires constitute less than 5% of the workforce in the places I've worked at.
I know that Apple's got a reputation for "Think Different" and all that, but it really sounds like OP is upset at not getting their dream job, and now they're taking it out on Apple like it's their fault somehow. If you think Apple's hiring process is a catastrophic failure, you probably shouldn't mourn the lost opportunity to interact with the rest of their bureaucracy and management. A good "Never meet your heroes" lesson for the 21st century.
The whole job application/interview process is more of a legal/HR compliance thing, than a creative decision process. Apple gives their legal department just as much leeway as they get in any conglomerate, if not more, so it's not likely to become less bureaucratic any time soon.
If they could abolish cutting corners on displays, that would be great. I don't mind Apple doing things their own special way, but when everyone else copies them, it gets annoying, especially so in a market that doesn't have many options.
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[ 0.28 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] threadThis might offend some people, but tech companies and managers do not want rock star programmers. If you're a "rock star" 0.25x programmer, then your job will always be lost to the boring 1x jobbers that apply for the position. Rock star hires constitute less than 5% of the workforce in the places I've worked at.
I know that Apple's got a reputation for "Think Different" and all that, but it really sounds like OP is upset at not getting their dream job, and now they're taking it out on Apple like it's their fault somehow. If you think Apple's hiring process is a catastrophic failure, you probably shouldn't mourn the lost opportunity to interact with the rest of their bureaucracy and management. A good "Never meet your heroes" lesson for the 21st century.
If they could abolish cutting corners on displays, that would be great. I don't mind Apple doing things their own special way, but when everyone else copies them, it gets annoying, especially so in a market that doesn't have many options.