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My conversatons with my brother who works at Apple goes something like this. Me: "What are you working on?" Him: "All I can tell you is that I am working on a project which will launch later this year and you hear about it in the news."

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Is that supposed to be surprising? I don’t tell people about unannounced projects I work on either.

There’s a middle ground. We make fun of “stealth mode” start ups and non-technical idea people demanding an NDA for a coffee chat, we should pick on the big companies too, when they take themselves too seriously (Eg. non-Apple companies copying Apple’s way of working, without recognizing what works for Apple is unique, it’s got an outlier track record over its 46 years).

And, maybe you’re not as close with your brother as grandparent. Some siblings are very close.

Won’t he tell u what projects he did in the past?

Heh.. "I worked on macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11, 12, but I can't tell you what I'm working on now, it'll launch later this year"

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