It's second system syndrome combined with the fact that Objective C and the NeXT underpinnings were put together by a team of truly the greatest minds of a gene

It's second system syndrome combined with the fact that Objective C and the NeXT underpinnings were put together by a team of truly the greatest minds of a generation. Swift was put together by some great minds, and some minds, Apple still attracts talent, but in far lower density. This isn't even a jab, just from the fact that they are far larger and the talent pool is smaller with far more competition. What percentage of genius level developers want to work for a company where they can't talk about their work and generally get zero public credit?