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I can't imagine too many nerds that would willingly work for Apple.

I've turned down military contractor work despite it paying better than my current job.

Being able to contribute to society goes a long way.

This post makes no sense to me. As one of the so-called FANGs, the data suggests Apple is one of the most desirable jobs out there.

Apple is in FAANG. For some reason (likely related to 2015-17 era SWE compensation) FANG just includes Netflix (with amazon facebook and google) and not Apple.

I mean the actual companies that go into these acronyms are generally arbitrary but AFAIK it was Facebook-Apple-Netflix-Google as companies with rapid growth/decent profitability during that period.

So are cushy military jobs. But some people have morals.

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