http://www.chuqui.com/2008/01/thoughts-on-apples-brain-drain/ Typing Without A Net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.chuqui.com/2008/01/thoughts-on-apples-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Michael Clark Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:42:35 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/2008/01/thoughts-on-apples-brain-drain/#comment-1237 It would be interesting to see a timeline of dates when Apple employees have left. It would be interesting to see a timeline of dates when Apple employees have left.

]]> http://www.chuqui.com/2008/01/thoughts-on-apples-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Scott Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:49:05 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/2008/01/thoughts-on-apples-brain-drain/#comment-1238 I think you're going to see even more of this now if the economy goes into a downturn and starts taking Apple's astronomical stock price with it. It's hard to tell if that's already happening or if we are just in a brief profit-taking rest before the next run. If you have been at Apple for 5-8+ years and received even a modest chunk of stock options and held on to them (a very important caveat there...) you could seriously consider retirement, or at the very least paying off your mortgage and looking into other things that interest you. If you want to stay in the Bay Area the latter is probably more likely, but if not, game over, man! I think you’re going to see even more of this now if the economy goes into a downturn and starts taking Apple’s astronomical stock price with it. It’s hard to tell if that’s already happening or if we are just in a brief profit-taking rest before the next run.
If you have been at Apple for 5-8+ years and received even a modest chunk of stock options and held on to them (a very important caveat there…) you could seriously consider retirement, or at the very least paying off your mortgage and looking into other things that interest you. If you want to stay in the Bay Area the latter is probably more likely, but if not, game over, man!

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