I have a friend who's been a programmer at Apple for 30 years.

scarface74 · on March 8, 2018

I know about Chris Espinosa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Espinosa). I didn't think anyone else had been their 30+ years.

ubermonkey · on March 15, 2018

Well, Chris has been there for even longer.

To be a single-digit employee, you had to start in the 70s -- i.e., 40 years ago. My friend -- I don't think it'd be appropriate to name him -- has "only" been there 30, which means he joined a healthy-sized Apple already 10 years into its life.

jsmthrowaway · on March 8, 2018

Many, actually. It was quite common to run into 30+ year folks at all levels, including EPM (I know of four off the top of my head).

scarface74 · on March 9, 2018

That says a lot. I would have jumped ship around 1995-1997. Things were bleak for Apple and everything they shipped software wise was buggy, behind the times,

In 1994. Apple was on top of the world. They were the number one or number two computer seller and the PPC Macs were introduce and then Windows 95 happened.

jrnichols · on March 10, 2018

An old girlfriend/still friend of mine started as a temp with Apple in 1998, became a permanent employee, and is still there. And another friend just moved on from Cisco after 20 years.

It happens.