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Comment by redfloatplane | Hacker News Reader

The title really should be changed to reflect the actual message (or lack of one). Nowhere in the post does he say that he didn't have a good time working at Apple. Nowhere does he advise not working there (like the title suggests).

From what I infer, anyway, his actual message is that he can't show what he worked on at Apple - not that it's a bad place to work.

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Well, he does seem to regret working there a lot.

From http://worrydream.com/#!/Freedom

"Are you free yet?

I declared my freedom on November 1. Apple has a depository where you drop off your soul for the duration of your employment. I went to retrieve it, and they gave it back to me scuffed, bruised, deflated, but hopefully still in working order."

That's what I also thought at first, but the second question of the FAQ on the site lends itself to the interpretation that working at Apple was a "mistake". But yeah, the title is somewhat editorializing...

Well, that, or it could also mean that the mistakes are the reasons none of his products are available on the market today, and therefore he can't show them off.

Actually he does. Re-read the last few lines of the post.

Hint: the word "mistake" usually implies something you shouldn't do

Read down further: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2536093

NYC guys edit your titles for you? Because I didn't strip off the "hint don't"?

I don't believe it was editorializing in any serious degree. My point stands and I do believe he looks to feel that way. I tried to capture the gist of the article in a title. For fun I'd love to hear some alternative titles.

Well, he does imply that it was a mistake. The impression for me was that he regrets the time spent there.

Exactly. Hence my now defunct '(Hint don't)' abbreviation of the tone/conclusion of the article.

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