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Rather than providing opinion about the quality of some of the engineers working at Apple, you're nit-picking about the semantics of the term "Bay Area" and how

by yapcguy 13y ago

Rather than providing opinion about the quality of some of the engineers working at Apple, you're nit-picking about the semantics of the term "Bay Area" and how people use it (nobody in SF I know says they're taking the 101 to visit the "Bay Area", they say "South Bay"). Since I know these people, I know their work, I know from technical discussions the level they're at, I can legitimately form an opinion, and that is they are not great engineers, merely competent. More importantly, they tow the company line, they don't think outside the box, they are anything but mavericks. Maybe Apple's software is suffering because the culture there means that engineers are too compliant or too scared to speak out and rock the boat?

nknighthb 13y ago
> nobody in SF I know says they're taking the 101 to visit the "Bay Area", they say "South Bay" Of course, that would be silly, since they're already in the Bay Area. I bet they don't say they're going to visit California, either. By the way, "the 101" is slightly unusual phrasing, too. Usually it's just "101". Give it up. You have no idea what the bay area or anyone living in it is like, and it's obvious to everyone. You're the one who made this about geography. Don't get mad just because it exposed you as a fraud.
- yapcguy 13y ago
  What a farce. You've just shown there is nothing wrong with my statement "commute to Cupertino from the Bay Area every day" which you seem to have such a problem with. Also with regards to: > "the 101" is slightly unusual phrasing, too. Usually it's just "101". Are you being serious?!!
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    One does not commute "from" a place to itself. You're trying to backpedal, but your chain is tangled in the English language's entrails. It also makes no logical sense, as there would be no reason to mention where they commute from unless you thought it was of some significance, in which case you would want to be clear on where they are commuting from. Or are you now trying to insinuate that every engineer in the Bay Area (now that you've reversed your position and agreed the term is not limited to the peninsula), including Cupertino, is mediocre by virtue of being there, rather than only those engineers from the immediate San Francisco area? > Are you being serious?!! Deadly.
    - yapcguy 13y ago
      At the end of the day, the engineers that I personally know who contract at Apple are competent but not great. They happen to commute. The two are not related. There is no insinuation in the original post that all engineers who commute are mediocre. I am however insinuating that the culture at Apple may have changed, which allows merely competent engineers to be hired in the first place, while great engineers like Bertand Serlet leave the company, to the detriment of OS X. As for the 101, you must be trolling...

by yapcguy 13y ago

nknighthb 13y ago

> nobody in SF I know says they're taking the 101 to visit the "Bay Area", they say "South Bay" Of course, that would be silly, since they're already in the Bay Area. I bet they don't say they're going to visit California, either. By the way, "the 101" is slightly unusual phrasing, too. Usually it's just "101". Give it up. You have no idea what the bay area or anyone living in it is like, and it's obvious to everyone. You're the one who made this about geography. Don't get mad just because it exposed you as a fraud.

yapcguy 13y ago
What a farce. You've just shown there is nothing wrong with my statement "commute to Cupertino from the Bay Area every day" which you seem to have such a problem with. Also with regards to: > "the 101" is slightly unusual phrasing, too. Usually it's just "101". Are you being serious?!!
- nknighthb 13y ago
  One does not commute "from" a place to itself. You're trying to backpedal, but your chain is tangled in the English language's entrails. It also makes no logical sense, as there would be no reason to mention where they commute from unless you thought it was of some significance, in which case you would want to be clear on where they are commuting from. Or are you now trying to insinuate that every engineer in the Bay Area (now that you've reversed your position and agreed the term is not limited to the peninsula), including Cupertino, is mediocre by virtue of being there, rather than only those engineers from the immediate San Francisco area? > Are you being serious?!! Deadly.
  - yapcguy 13y ago
    At the end of the day, the engineers that I personally know who contract at Apple are competent but not great. They happen to commute. The two are not related. There is no insinuation in the original post that all engineers who commute are mediocre. I am however insinuating that the culture at Apple may have changed, which allows merely competent engineers to be hired in the first place, while great engineers like Bertand Serlet leave the company, to the detriment of OS X. As for the 101, you must be trolling...