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Apple is externally antihacker, but internally they prefer hacker type programmers, not mediocre code monkeys who don't actually get things done. They want peo
by retroafroman 16y ago
Apple is externally antihacker, but internally they prefer hacker type programmers, not mediocre code monkeys who don't actually get things done. They want people to solve interesting problems as well. They just need to be prepared to have Jobs tell them it sucks and to do it differently.
- orangecat 16y agoRight, and their anti-hacker public position is relatively new. Mac OS X has always been hacker friendly; you don't need to tweak it to have a good experience, but Apple never tried to stop you if you wanted to. It's only with iOS that they've called their customers criminals for trying to gain control of their own hardware. I wouldn't be surprised if that shift ends up affecting their recruiting ability.