From what I hear, Apple has poor WLB and has similar pay package as other FAANG (maybe even lower?). If you can get into Apple, I am assuming you are smart enough to get into any of the other companies. Then why Apple?
Pay isn’t always comparable. Depends a lot on the org and the team. Same with WLB.
I had offers from Apple and Facebook for SDE in AI. After two rounds of negotiations, TC offered at Facebook was 30k higher than Apple. I chose Apple because WLB in SWE is really, really good and we don’t subscribe to the move fast and break things philosophy. The reputation that Apple has of being a slave driving company comes mostly from HW. SWE is not as intimately tied to the product as HW is and SWE in general live off the blood, sweat and tears of HW. In fact, I think certain teams in SWE get to coast for years on the success of HW. People said Facebook does more impactful stuff and is also better for my resume. I don’t buy that. IMO, both Facebook and Apple are working on non existential first world problems for a profit and not very impactful in the true sense of the word. As for resume, Apple is good enough to get interviews from other FAANG companies. Also, job security is better at Apple than at FB. TL;DR: Apple SWE has great WLB, decent pay and looks good on resume. So why not?
Man,not similar pay, it is obviously less pay!
Getting into Apple is much easier than getting into FNG.
This is very accurate
Agree,seeing hire bar getting lower and lower these days!
Who said Apple had bad wlb? It’s the opposite on many teams I know. Some teams work really hard though.
If you’re good enough, you can have the opportunity to make significant contribution to high visibility projects, can’t really say that at any other company.
F, the other A and N have equally poor WLB. Only G has some semblance of sanity. So why not?