> Every technology company says it wants “rock stars.”
This might offend some people, but tech companies and managers do not want rock star programmers. If you're a "rock star" 0.25x programmer, then your job will always be lost to the boring 1x jobbers that apply for the position. Rock star hires constitute less than 5% of the workforce in the places I've worked at.
I know that Apple's got a reputation for "Think Different" and all that, but it really sounds like OP is upset at not getting their dream job, and now they're taking it out on Apple like it's their fault somehow. If you think Apple's hiring process is a catastrophic failure, you probably shouldn't mourn the lost opportunity to interact with the rest of their bureaucracy and management. A good "Never meet your heroes" lesson for the 21st century.
This might offend some people, but tech companies and managers do not want rock star programmers. If you're a "rock star" 0.25x programmer, then your job will always be lost to the boring 1x jobbers that apply for the position. Rock star hires constitute less than 5% of the workforce in the places I've worked at.
I know that Apple's got a reputation for "Think Different" and all that, but it really sounds like OP is upset at not getting their dream job, and now they're taking it out on Apple like it's their fault somehow. If you think Apple's hiring process is a catastrophic failure, you probably shouldn't mourn the lost opportunity to interact with the rest of their bureaucracy and management. A good "Never meet your heroes" lesson for the 21st century.