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Does Apple have developer relations engineers? Surely they must have some engineers that participate on social media, and they could be asked directly. It's ho
by TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
Does Apple have developer relations engineers? Surely they must have some engineers that participate on social media, and they could be asked directly.
It's honestly baffling that we have no mechanism by which to increase accountability within technical domains from these large corporations.
And if you reach out to Apple, you're more than likely to get either radio silence or a canned PR response that doesn't answer anything.
It makes me wish that we had powerful technical figures willing to hold other tech figures accountable in public. Why isn't there anyone capable of setting up an interview with the Apple CTO and questioning them directly on the importance of developer tooling and relations?
- scyzoryk_xyz 3y agoThey're weird because supposedly their processes and documentation predate many others. It's as if they're gradually becoming the soviet kremlin. Still good at all that secrecy stuff, but the actual processes behind that opaqueness increasingly more stubborn and clunky. Like a deaf grandpa still being able to do great stuff but not remembering to keep the shop in order or to take notes so you have to ask loudly.
- krackers 3y ago>Does Apple have developer relations engineers There's a few that participate in the apple developer forums (quinn is the most notable one). There's also DTS tickets which you can file
- lawgimenez 3y agoEvery WWDC is a good time to get in touch with them where they host Slack chats.
- saagarjha 3y agoGreat! I only have questions once a year and this is prefect for me!
- saagarjha 3y agoApple doesn’t really have a social media policy. Their default go-to is “don’t”.
- jwells89 3y agoNot quite dev relations I’ve seen Apple devs talking about what they’ve worked on increasingly frequently on Mastodon.