alt Hacker NewsI talked to an apple engineer at a bar years ago and he said they aren’t allowed to work on _anything_ including side projects without getting approval first. Seemed like a total wtf moment to me.
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8cvor6j844qw_d6 • today at 2:06 AM
This is interesting, I knew a workplace where open source contributions are fine as long as its not on company PC and network.
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I have never had a non wtf moment talking to an apple software engineer at a bar.
I can recall one explaining to me in the mid 20 teens that the next iPhone would be literally impossible to jailbreak in any capacity with 100% confidence.
I could not understand how someone that capable(he was truly bright) could be that certain. That is pure 90s security arrogance. The only secure computer is one powered off in a vault, and even then I am not convinced.
Multiple exploits were eventually found anyway.
We never exchanged names. That’s the only way to interact with engineers like that and talk in real terms.