If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name?
What purpose does that serve? The guy's obviously had a rough week; why pile on and make it worse?
It's likely that he's going to be terminated (from his employment, not physically), if he hasn't been already. I'm sure there's some "handling company materials" guideline or somesuch on the books at Apple that will be enforced.
Come on now, it wasn't that bad. He didn't kill anybody.
That reminds me an anecdote from a Apple engineer working on the first Mac (from a PBS special way back when; probably on YouTube somewhere.) Steve Jobs was pressuring him to knock a few more seconds on the time required for the Mac to boot up. They're already trying to meet the deadline for rollout and the guy is completely stressed out and asks Why, it's only a few seconds, what's the big deal? Steve replies that the Macs collectively will be started up hundreds of millions of times over their lifespans.
I once had a coworker (Hi Bulent!) that, everytime I said. "You can't make a baby in 1 month by getting 9 women pregnant!" would reply, "On the average, you can!"
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You know, I find that completely over-the-top.
If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name?
What purpose does that serve? The guy's obviously had a rough week; why pile on and make it worse?
It's likely that he's going to be terminated (from his employment, not physically), if he hasn't been already. I'm sure there's some "handling company materials" guideline or somesuch on the books at Apple that will be enforced.
So why expose him publicly?
I don't get it. This just seem
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If not, he's probably going to be promoted from an engineering minion to mid-management at marketing dept.
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Come on now, it wasn't that bad. He didn't kill anybody.
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Come on now, it wasn't that bad. He didn't kill anybody.
That reminds me an anecdote from a Apple engineer working on the first Mac (from a PBS special way back when; probably on YouTube somewhere.) Steve Jobs was pressuring him to knock a few more seconds on the time required for the Mac to boot up. They're already trying to meet the deadline for rollout and the guy is completely stressed out and asks Why, it's only a few seconds, what's the big deal? Steve replies that the Macs collectively will be started up hundreds of millions of times over their lifespans.
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So Steve Jobs thinks getting 9 women pregnant will get you a baby in 1 month?
If I heard that claptrap I would not be motivated just be forced to realize the boss is a total dumbass.
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You're joking, but I actually have worked with a MBA type guy who thinks that if more people are involved, a server boots up faster after maintenance.
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That is because your reading comprehension is terrible. Back to grade school with you.
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Errr... from what I see here, it's not Mr. Jobs that seems to have to worry.
Hint: see Wovel's suggestion.
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