Re:Apple Open Source
by Wowfunhappy on Thursday December 09, 2021 @06:10AM
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Presumably though, this policy makes it at least somewhat harder to acquire engineering talent? There have to be engineers who don’t want to work at Apple because of these restrictions.
It works the other way around too. No one knows which Apple employees to poach.
It's easy to demonstrate diligence and commitment by forbidding, much easier than showing how good you are at your job by allowing instead. Which would demonstrate what? Wisdom and balanced judgement perhaps? Great qualities, but difficult to show off. Forbidding is the low-hanging fruit of appearing strong.