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Is the Cupertino vibe shift finally hitting the Engineering org?

0x1cd8…e6e5

·2d ago·2 comments

I’ve been at Apple for over seven years, and I’ve never seen the office this quiet. The news from the 21st hit a few of my friends in the hardware integration team, and the way they were let go was honestly cold. They didn't even get to pack their desks properly; security was hovering the second the meeting ended. For a company that used to pride itself on 'quality' and 'long-term thinking,' it feels like we’ve pivoted into just another quarterly-result-chasing machine. We aren't building the future anymore; we're just managing costs to keep the stock price looking pretty for the analysts. Seeing people who built the foundation of these products being discarded because of memory chip procurement blunders is just heartbreaking. If you’re still inside, protect your peace and start updating the resume. The 'Apple culture' we all heard about during the recruitment phase is effectively dead. It’s just a job now, and a precarious one at that.

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0x149a…8b27

·2d ago

I remember when Apple felt like a sanctuary for engineers who wanted to build things that actually lasted. Now, it just feels like the soul has been squeezed out by spreadsheet management and stock buyback obsession. When they started treating talent like disposable components, they lost the one thing that made them 'Apple'—the pride in craftsmanship. Seeing my colleagues walked out like criminals for the crime of being redundant in a bad quarter is a gut punch. It’s hard to stay motivated when you realize you’re just a line item on a budget report waiting to be trimmed.

0x7036…5650

·2d ago

The shift isn't just in the office silence; it’s in the institutional memory dying out. When you treat the people who build your hardware like an inconvenience, you eventually lose the institutional knowledge that makes those products worth buying. Every company goes through phases, but watching this transition into a standard corporate churn factory is honestly depressing. The 'Cupertino Vibe' used to mean perfectionism and vision. Now, it feels like it just means meeting the market expectations at the cost of everyone who built the foundation. The magic is definitely fading.