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I really think that the purpose is of the secrecy is more a technique to keep focus among engineers than anything else. Knowing more than one needs to know lead
by ttthrowaway 11y ago
I really think that the purpose is of the secrecy is more a technique to keep focus among engineers than anything else. Knowing more than one needs to know leads to internal politics and discord. In a weird way Apple can really boast of having "startup-like" teams inside it, because everyone knows exactly what they need to do their job (engineers atleast).
- untog 11y agoKnowing more than one needs to know leads to internal politics and discord. That seems optimistic at best. As the OP demonstrates, the secrecy leads to gossip and rumours.
- coldtea 11y agoGossip and rumours don't matter. Internal politics can be about concrete things, trying to influence this or that decision etc. If you cannot even SEE or talk about their project with the members of the other teams, that stops right there. Sure, you can rumour in the cafeteria about it.
- untog 11y agoGossip and rumours affect morale, which absolutely matters.
- coldtea 11y agoApparently it works for Apple teams making multi-billion selling product after product since 2002. So it probably doesn't matter that much. Besides you get gossips and rumours also in normal, not secretive companies, only there they get even more specific. Here the rumours are mostly "wtf are they building?", not the bad kind to have.