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Hardly a secret! Edit I’m not going to dignify the Apple jibe with a response (Apple is one in a million). But who hasn’t worked at a company where the guys on
by alanh 16y ago
Hardly a secret!
Edit I’m not going to dignify the Apple jibe with a response (Apple is one in a million). But who hasn’t worked at a company where the guys on top seem resolutely determined to meddle for the sake of meddling or are so clueless that they sink the company? The VPs of a tech start-up I used to work for were so in love with themselves that they ignored the advice of everyone else, including me, a lowly junior developer, and continued using a fly as a mascot and the tagline "Your place to sell out" until they filed for bankruptcy.
- enjo 16y agoExplain Apple then.
- nerme 16y agoApple Inc. (previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; and Logic Studio, a suite of audio tools. As of January 2010, the company operates 284 retail stores in ten countries, and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
- nitrogen 16y agoI heard of a VP of a pro audio equipment company who was on a quest to eliminate red LEDs from the front panels of all audio equipment (red LEDs are a de facto standard to indicate a clipping or error condition). Last I heard, he's no longer employed there.