Apple HW to Facebook/Oculus HW

Apple
whodat00

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whodat00
Sep 10, 2019 29 Comments

Wanted to hear experiences of folks who made this switch.
How is the new life? Better TC? Better WLB? More rewarding work?

@Apple, @Facebook, @Oculus

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  • Apple
    richlad

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    NVIDIA, Google
    richlad
    I was offered peanuts by the Portal HW team compared to my Apple TC last year. Didn't go, YMMV.
    Sep 10, 2019 16
    • Google
      ShakeBake

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      ShakeBake
      Portal (and all FB HW) salaries come from Ad revenue. That’s the point of investing in new products.

      Some might go nuts, some might fail, but need a few years to establish a growth trend.
      Sep 17, 2019
    • Marvell / Eng
      HCiH86

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      HCiH86
      @intel I am not quite sure if apple’s party day is over, but intel’s dead already
      Sep 21, 2019
  • Intel
    Irod05

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    Irod05
    @Apple, Pixel is not even accounting for 4% of market share in America alone and counted in “others” category in the world smartphone chart by percentage. Apple has lot more to loose than pixel here
    Sep 11, 2019 1
    • Apple
      richlad

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      NVIDIA, Google
      richlad
      Sure, all I'm saying is, if you're a HWE in the US, Apple is probably the least shitty paying and least unsafe option at this point. If there's an economic downturn and people abandon Apple en masse (and I think it's a fair assumption that there would have to macroeconomic factors if Apple comes to a point of laying off people), being in G/FB(oculus) isn't going to protect you. G/FB would probably have laid off an average HWE long before Apple does.
      Sep 11, 2019
  • Qualcomm / Eng
    lovelife

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    Qualcomm
    lovelife
    If you are new grad, join Apple; you will learn a lot!! If you are experienced and want to experiment the go for fb
    Sep 13, 2019 0
  • Intel
    Irod05

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    Irod05
    @richlad Apple has many competitions both domestically and internationally , even more. In times of uncertainty do you really think Apple is going to sell newest iPhones for 1000$+ ... that way it will make sure people walk away from Apple even more to other equivalent or better phones .. so the cash flow will automatically dwindle .. instead of looking at it as Apple’s core business is HW ... if you look at it that Apple’s core business is only HW while companies that you mentioned have solid other businesses that could keep them surviving in HW space.
    Sep 13, 2019 0
  • Apple
    richlad

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    NVIDIA, Google
    richlad
    @irod not saying Apple is immune to slowdown, however can you name a company for HW (for both system level and chip level) which is safer than Apple for an average HWE? (speaking as a system/board level HWE) most other companies in this space are either SW companies doing HW as a hobby (G/FB etc.) or have no where a cash flow as lucrative as Apple (HPE/Cisco etc.). Apple's core business is HW and their cash flow is gargantuan, and I'd argue this makes it the safest option, especially in times of uncertainty. Feel free to disagree, do provide better examples if you can think of.
    Sep 13, 2019 0