Work for Apple?

I worked there a long time ago, and always know a few people who still do.

Not too familiar with the outside of Cupertino operations, but I can tell you one thing, read and obey your NDA, and have a lawyer look it over. The one I signed had provisions far beyond anything I've seen before or since.

Also, hanging out here with a personally identifiable handle might not be a great idea if indeed the Apple Legal lurkers exist!

 

This subject has intrigued me. I've just started up my own Macintosh troubleshooting/consulting freelance business and this sounds like something I'll definitely want to consider.

How exactly do you apply to become an Apple Solutions Expert, ptrauber? And do you know for a fact that you'll get Apple business cards? That's something I could really use.

 

Well, unless it's gotten MUCH better, the ACN (Apple Consultant Network) formally the ASE program (Apple Solution Experts) really doesn't buy you much. You don't get the business cards; however you do get the ability to use the Apple logo on your cards if you are a premier member (the big $$).

The promise quite a bit, but the program's management isn't really able to deliver much IMHO mainly because the program is a second thought inside apple and never really allowed "inside" information or special pricing, etc. Even getting copies of released software is thought of as a huge favor to the membership.

If the program were done right, there would surely be some value in it (like customer lead generation and partnership opportunities) but as of now it's really just a big email discussion group (I still get the digests daily). It is useful for the technical talk but I'll warn anyone new to it now that while the folks on the list are technical they are also _extremely_ catty (they fight continuously and generate HUGE amounts of email traffic over nothing).

As you can tell I didn't renew my membership...and for my money the premier developer membership is a much better deal.

 

yeah, our ASC doesn't have any inside info I can get at, and hes a good guy, answers all of my wuestion, I believe him when he says he doesn't know.