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Depends on your definition of "size." I can find the reference, but I believe Apple has under a third as many developers as Microsoft, and certainly fewer than
by Eric_WVGG 12y ago
Depends on your definition of "size." I can find the reference, but I believe Apple has under a third as many developers as Microsoft, and certainly fewer than Google.
While they have money, their pay scale isn't famous for being extravagant. People work there mostly for prestige, but you can get money and prestige working for a startup.
Cook has said publicly that their biggest challenge is talent retention. They're obviously short-handed on OS releases, and willing to reallocate when necessary. So it is not surprising to me at all (but deeply disappointing) that Safari improvements would take a backseat.
- falcolas 12y agoAll of these problems could be solved by a company with Apple's resources if they wanted the problems solved. Need more developers? Hire more. Payscale problems? Pay your developers what they are worth to you. Of course, if they aren't worth much to you, then this point is moot. Retention problems? Addressed by both points one and two. That they do not use their resources to solve these problems says more than the fact that they have these problems.
- simonh 12y ago>ed more developers? Hire more. They're aiming to increase their total number of Cupertino employees from 16k to over 24k in 2016. For any organisation, absorbing another 7k+ employess is no mean feat. Apple is experiencing unprecedented success and fantastic growth. But sure, that's trivial to manage. You could do it in your sleep. Maybe you should drop Tim Cook an email.
- Eric_WVGG 12y agomagic money wand, right? How do you even find 8000 people who would want to live in Cupertino… I mean have you even visited that place?