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- Apple self driving car Is this still a thing? Any kind of rumors?
- Apple electric / self driving car? Is Apple actively doing anything with a full car or self driving right now? If yes what is the name of the group???
- vote Apple: 200 employees laid off from Self driving car project Why has Apple fired 200 people from its car project and relocated them to other projects in the company ? Are they trying to get away from car project ?
- Is apple still working on autonomous driving? Didn’t hear anything publicly, curious Apple gives up or still working on in stealth mode?
- Apple SPG self-driving: work culture and work/life balance Hi everyone, can anyone provide information about work culture and work/life balance in the self-driving team at Apple SPG? I am considering joining, but I would like first to understand how much pressure is there, how work culture is, etc. Are you supposed to regularly work until very late and in t
- how much did apple acquire drive ai for? Was the acquisition completed? Was there layoffs during acquisition?
- vote Guess the sale price of this home. Very short drive of maybe 5 minutes to Apple buildings 3 car garage, walk to 24 fitness on El Camino or Fremont Ave. Walk to Safeway on El Camino. Step down living room. Bike to Google in mountain view along Stevens Creek trail. 4 or five minutes to Apple. Guess closing sale price. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Sunnyvale/539-Utica-Dr-94087/home/1531928
- Can I drive Uber while working for Google/Apple/Facebook on a green card ? I got my green card with my employer last year in September. I wanted to know if I can drive Uber while working for any of these tech companies at the same time ? Can anyone help? Any past experiences will surely help. Thanks
- vote Apple vs Argo AI Have offers from both. Apple is Xcode team ICT3 and Argo working on self driving car SWE I. Waiting for TC on both but I expect them to be pretty similar. Not sure if its worth being downleveled at Argo. TC:210 YOE:3
- What do Apple employees use internally to share files? Google drive? One drive? Something from Apple?
- link Apple 🍎 acquires drive.ai https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18758820/drive-ai-self-driving-startup-shutting-down-apple Apple making AI cars? Thoughts?
- vote Apple will never beat Tesla? I mean honestly. Apple to enter car market and self driving vehicles starting productions in 4 years sounds like a joke to me. What are the chances of them competing with Tesla (or even other automakers) with decades long experience, strong brand, great products, high growth and especially lots of
- System Design Interview Podcast Recommendations Hi! I am looking for System Design Interview Podcast recommendations. I find it easier to listen to podcasts as I don't have to set time aside to listen to them. I can listen to podcasts while driving, walking blah blah as opposed to reading a book. TIA TC ~ 100k TIA #google #meta #amazon #micr
- Pleasanton or Fremont to Apple Cupertino commute via Shuttle After visiting friends. My wife likes Pleasonton and would be working at Apple. Drive time on Google seems okay so I was wondering what the Apple Shuttle commute is like. Thx
- [🚨 Acquisition Alert] Apple to Buy Drive.ai https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-07/apple-to-buy-drive-ai-in-bid-for-more-autonomous-vehicle-talent
- What are some companies doing good work in ML Other than Google/Facebook/Apple and self driving car companies what are some companies that are doing interesting work in ML/AI?
- How do other companies do performance reviews? Meta has this seemingly never ending performance review season. It lasts for multiple months and drives people's anxiety through the roof. We've always done it every 6 months but starting 2022, we will do it annually. Either way, it is a daunting and excruciating process. It feels unhealthy. How do
- Anti Trust Hearing Sometimes , i feel sorry for these companies and executives for the amount of Grilling they get from the Lawmakers Hey, How many of you Use Google Maps for Navigation for free and hate to go back to old clunky physical maps . Doesnt the tech help us with Safe Driving Stay connected with your Chi
- vote Is Apple really working on cars? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/lidar-stocks-soar-after-report-that-apple-is-working-on-a-car-for-2024.html What do you think? Can Apple really produce cars in 2025? Or it is working on self driving software only?
- Which Workplace Software Suites are Used at Apple? Just signed an offer with Apple, wondering what workplace suites are used at Apple? I assume the obvious Apple productivity suite applies but do employees ever use Google Drive? Microsoft OneDrive? What about IM? Is it all iMessage, or do employees use Slack or something else? Then video chat, is
- link Bye bye Apple car Back in January Apple Blinders said that a lot of these positions were reassigned elsewhere. However, it appears that over 190 were actually let go. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/amp/Apple-self-driving-car-layoffs-hit-190-employees-13649994.php
- Bay area housing communities I am moving to the bay area next month, and I'm looking for an apartment that's close to Apple Cupertino office and Google Sunnyvale office by public transit. Where do you Apple folks live? I'd love if anyone could share names of building communities or condos they've had good experiences living in
- At what point did you realize you wanted more? Specifically, more TC, more net worth? Was it just being on Blind and seeing what was possible? Was it looking at your family's financial circumstances? Did you just have a drive to succeed? What was the motivation, what were the moments? TC: 155K YOE: 6 @google @netflix @amazon @facebook @met
- link Apple to buy Drive.ai https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/06/apple-buying-drive-ai/ What a huge waste of money? Drive.ai never had a real business model and raised $70M+
- Product Management at Google and Apple Keep hearing that the responsibilities of product managers at Amazon/Linkedin differ drastically from those at Google and Apple? Do product managers at Google and Apple really get to drive product decisions or are they glorified project managers? #productmanager
- Apartments near Nvidia @ Austin Can you please suggest some good apartment communities near nvidia @ austin Looking for a 2Bed apartment within 30 minutes drive from the office (once offices open) budget : $1600 - $1900 #nvidia #austin #apple #meta #dell TC: 150K
- Buying SFH in Hollister Hello Blind Community, Since bay area has gotten very expensive, we are thinking of buying sfh home in Hollister. It has everything we need at a price we feel comfortable with . I work at Apple so I can either take shuttle from gilroy or drive to work in tesla. I tried driving down around 4 pm to
- Google Drive for Google employees Is there any perk for Google employees where you get free drive storage? Apple gives you like 200 GB of iCloud storage, just curious if there is something similar at Google.
- Apple ICT4 Scope How large is the scope for ICT4 at Apple ? Do they drive large cross functional projects ? How many junior engineers are they responsible for etc ? YoE: 9 TC: ~375k
- Is Google undervalued at $2800? Should I go all in? Pros: - Pixel phones - Chrome browser, Chromebook, Chromecast - Android operating system - Android auto for cars - YouTube - Gmail - Google photos - news - cloud - waymo - maps - verily - nest - play store - ytmusic - Google drive - Google podcasts - Google office apps - verily - Waze - classroom
- Referral for auto / self-driving car industry Looking engineering internship for summer 2021. Plenty of software engineering experience. #waymo #lucidmotors #cruise #zoox #tesla #nuro #nio #faraday #rimac #byton #self-driving #voyage #pony #ouster #apple #nvidia #drivemotors
- Apple Special Projects Group Engineering Program Manager I have an interview with Apple soon for a EPM (Engineering Program Manager) role. Team: SPG. Just wanted to see if anyone from Apple or who is cureently an EPM consider helping me with some insights and what they look for. YOE: 5 Exp: directly relevant to autonomous driving space #apple #pm #epm
- is Google overrated? No one denies the fact that Googlers are talented. But many teams at Google are way more chill and in comfort zone. there is no drive to push the boundries. do you feel like that? Xoogler( 7 years at google) apple 2 years TC : 270k
- link Amazon opening a physical bookstore! www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-amazon-store-silicon-valley-20170823-story.html What next? Apple making old school slate? Spotify organizing real concerts? Elon Musk announcing a horse cart (self-driving of course!)
- Two bad Connects and looking for a referral Hello, Blind community I joined Microsoft and got back to back two bad reviews. I have given it my best and even tried to change teams within Microsoft, but after multiple interviews, hiring managers cannot look beyond my review internally. I have over eight years of work experience in data drive p
- Which top self driving startups pays the highest TC? Waymo? Cruise? Zoox? Pony.AI? Aurora? Didi? #tech There are a few large companies that pay real money and have self driving car teams too, but are a little behind in tech advancements IMO, such as Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, thus out of the scope of this discussion.
- Leaving Apple FW. Where to go next? What companies offer comparable TC growth to Apple in the embedded/firmware/wireless space? Facebook Reality Labs is the obvious one, Google’s Pixel division? Self-driving (Waymo/Zoox)? QCOM/AVGO are probably a step down, but seem comparable to Waymo/Zoox? YOE: 3, TC 200k
- Is AR Ready to Take Off... Will ARKit (Apple) usher in a new "big" push in terms of being something that drives the mindshare in tech and in various business sectors (education, medical, logistics, media, etc.) for the next, say 5 to 7 years? What say y'all?
- App notification spam getting worse I just picture some PM going “I need to drive engagement on my app!!! Let’s send more trending notifications every day.” And then I turn off all notifications for your app. Looking at you Apple News, Blind, and Facebook.
- Apple to Lyft blind folks, I got a offer from Lyft for their self driving technology team. i am in HW. is Lyft risky considering I am on H1B. i have a comfortable role at Apple but expect slow TC growth. Current TC : 210k lyft TC : 320k
- Aurora vs Magic leap offer I have received offers from Magic leap and Aurora. I have 3 YOE, Masters degree in Machine Learning Magic Leap offer(Senior Software Engineer) : base 180k TC + 20k sign on(after hard negotiation) Aurora offer(Software Engineer): base 180k + no-sign on Which do you think I should consider as I am mor
- vote Will Apple's future Rev's be dominated by Rev from subscriptions. #Apple's future Rev's will be dominated by subscriptions and Apple is doing all it can to make that happen. #Strategy for moving towards a subscription heavy revenue model. Step 1: Introduce new Subscription services ( Apple TV +, Apple Arcade, Apple News ). Step 2: Introduce a low-end iPhone to
- Evaluate offer from Apple I recently received an offer from apple - I have 9 years of work experience. They offered 175K base and 150K RSUs. I know that Apple doesnt offer crazy amounts like Google or Facebook, but is this on the lower range ? I think the RSUs could have been better but I'm not sure. Where should I negotiate
- Work laptop: how much can they see? My apple work laptop was issued by my employer and I use it for some personal stuff. My iCloud account also syncs to my desktop some personal stuff. How much can the IT guys at work see? Can they steal my crypto seed key I put on my iCloud drive that's now on my desktop? Can they see all my network
- Best autonomous driving companies Tons of autonomous driving startups have been established in the past two years and almost all of the car companies + computer giants like google and apple have started working on self driving cars. I have heard contradictory comments from the employees of some of these companies about the work life
- Looking for a flatmate or an apartment in Bay Area Recently started working at Apple and looking for a place. Please let me know if you are or know someone who is looking for a place. Below are the details: Preferably 1B1B in a 2B2B Move in before the end of July Budget: ~$1500 <20 min drive from spaceship TC: 230k
- vote MLE offers I have a few senior MLE offers. I have numbers from one, and negotiating with others. If compensation is almost the same/comparable(400-450k), which one should I choose? Please help me evaluate and decide 1. Cruise level 5 TC : 470k(1st year = 520k) Is there room to ask for more? 2. Instacart le
- Xiaopeng Motors Autonomous Driving Does anyone know anything about this company? I’m seriously considering joining their autonomous driving division. Good/bad would be appreciated. Assuming TC is the same, how would you rank them compared to a similar IC position at say, Waymo, Apple, Lyft, Zoox, Uber, Cruise, Tesla? How about comp
- Apple Shuttle - East Bay Does anyone take the Apple Shuttle from San Leandro at Alvarado:Teagarden to Apple Park Way? If so, how long is commute in the morning and evening? Is there parking at San Leandro stop? Starting this commute next week and need to determine best option and where to take the shuttle if living by La
- Big tech companies don’t know what to do except one Google - invested heavily in G+ to catchup with fb and failed. AI efforts are progressive rather than game changing new area. Self driving car not here yet. Ad business cash cow. Cloud business is catch up aws and azure. Will likely turn out as G+. Android thanks to Schmidt on Apple board. What next