Call me contrary, but when I see people saying “I want to work at <Apple/Google/Microsoft>”, I ask, “Why?”

Somebody at work told me recently that Apple would want to hire me because I did/knew something only like 10 people in the world could do and 7 of them worked at Apple. So I was like, “If 7 of them are at Apple, why would Apple want to hire me?”

Plus, I don’t want to work at Apple 😛

I’ve been at Apple as a visitor and seen what the culture is like, and I really don’t want to work at that kind of place. Plus, I really like working from home and based on what I saw (and what I’ve read since the pandemic) Apple really does not seem to like people working from home. Based on what I saw, that tallies.

So why would I work for a company which has diametrically opposed viewpoints to mine? Just because it says “something” about me? Or because I think they might pay me a lot better and money fixes everything?

I do think that if I did that, it would say something about me, but not the same “something” that others are thinking of. Personally, I’d think that I put other people’s opinion of what I am over my own comfort. And I don’t want to do that …

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