location: Atlanta

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excited to see what's out there!

These are out of stock, everywhere.

You can also use an hd60s which costs more but does the same thing (and offers pass through).

I've applied to multiple positions two weeks ago, no response. What's the typical turn around?

I've applied to Apple before and never received a response. Same for Goog. But even worse, I did a 5-hour on-site with Amazon and never heard back from anyone lol. Seems like standard practice for big corps these days.

A cold resume going into a black hole is unfortunately fairly common. Not hearing anything after an on-site is definitely not normal. Whoever was the Amazon recruiter you were working with definitely dropped the ball.

Definitely dropped the ball. It may seem like a small thing to that recruiter, but this can affect their reputation among talent pool. It happened to me with Microsoft back in the 90s (I was young, in my 20s). I spent a lot of time preparing an application package and solid interviews but then they just went silent. Never heard back. Calls were not returned.

Fast forward to the 2000s (some more years under my belt) Microsoft was actively trying to hire me. But the book was closed on ever working there. I let them know why politely and took a position elsewhere.

Its just lazy to not update candidates. And if the individual HR person cannot, an automated message would be better than nothing. This is just common decency, not rocket science.

I'll second this. When the recruiters drop the ball like this, I discount the entire company. It's probably unfair, especially for a big company, but it's natural.

Normally I'd agree with "definitely not normal", but that was also my experience at Amazon less than a year ago.

4 hour onsite, no message afterwards. That was not the only procedural mess with the interview, either. No biggie, though, because the interview convinced me that I didn't want the job.

Amazon recruiters are a mixed bag, but the nice thing is you can always get another one easily. I’ve been ghosted by lots of recruiters and companies during my job search, even after multiple in-person interviews where I thought I almost had the job.

Apple is a really big place, so there is a lot of variability. On top of that, there is little internal pressure to clean out postings that are essentially stale (no longer have a budget behind them). So you sort of have to get lucky and apply for one that is active.

The other way to find the active ones is to find the recruiters (internal or external) that are posting on non-Apple sites. These are generally active posts, but not all active posts go through them.

And to paraphrase a developer who was talking about another Apple Developer Relations channel, "Great! Another channel for Apple to ignore us on!" (internally I can say that there is a lot of listening, just not a lot of reacting).

I'd love to work from home but can't seem to find any remote gigs. I've applied to quiet a few with little to no response. I get tons of responses from non-remote / relocation opportunities. Any secrets? this article doesn't mention how to find one effectively.

Have you checked the "Who is hiring?" threads? There are several remote positions listed each month. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22225314

Yes I have. Put in a few applications for remote positions but never hear anything back. I hear back from others though. Maybe I need to be less picky

Hello yegg,

I have applied a few times to these positions and never received a response. Is that normal?

None of those target the same space though and they all have ads. What about the Patreon model mixed with video hosting?

Right, they coexist alongside YouTube which is a different thing from trying to compete with them directly. Twitch has a freemium model where you can pay not to have ads, and I think YouTube does as well. Patreon has time-limited video hosting called Lens, but I don't really know if they do "normal" video hosting. Also note that Patreon can charge users either per month or per update.

Thanks for the update and discussion. Learned a few things I didn't know

Thank You! I have been trying to figure this out to connect to xfinity hotspots

Cheers. It was a ceremony before of hacks/ethernet before. This just works and no extra gear.

What would you say to someone who is around that age working full time and halfway through a CS masters (struggling through it)?

I think a CS masters is very valuable career wise. Totally different than a PhD. Maybe you should consider transferring to another school.

Most crucially: why are you doing it? Second: what will it add to your life and to your business abilities?

1: to learn. 2: saying I accomplished it & deeper cs knowledge, not sure if aligns with goals to be in management though.

another note: I can't really afford an MBA without going into substantial debt. My CS masters is completely covered by my company

Sounds good, if you enjoy it (if not, ask yourself why). Make sure you are proud of your acquired knowledge and related achievements. Worry about management goals as a later pursuit; you don't need MBA to learn management, only to enter select networks.

I tried to report someone who was clearly under 13 but the process involved giving musical.ly a huge amount of my personal information (above and beyond Name / email address) so I decided not to bother. They know their target audience is young children.