What is it like to work at Apple?

LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG hours, not family friendly

The link in the second sentence is clear. However, the "Source" link is useless--it's buried, and I doubt anyone sees it. Which is why having a link in the body of the post is important--and was done here!
Maybe some of the negative reaction is because there weren't many nuggets of information from the article in the blog post. Maybe a few additional items that were of interest to Victor would have helped, and made it feel a little more like a useful piece on its own, instead of just a pointer to an article.

Scratching my head over the comments.

To me it was clear this was mainly an article about another article, with link included. This is a common type of of blog post. I don't see what the problem is, at least not for anyone who's ever read more than a few blogs.

I for one have wondered many, many times about about working at Apple. I like this kind of inside story.

I do agree the "perhaps Apple is on to something" doesn't really follow, but that's such a minor point. Maybe you guys complaining should include links to the brilliant commentary on your own blogs.

Bad article, Victor. Your headline is the title of a story and the body is supposed to deliver. If I picked up a book called "Tractors" and opened it to find a post-it note saying "Go to a bookstore and get a book about tractors" and then read "lots of farmers smoke cigarettes" I would be pissed off. Your confused readers are right and you are wrong.

"Still, this is in contrast to Microsoft, where there are numerous blogs by product divisions and personnel. Then again, it's been a long time since Microsoft routinely surprised and delighted their customers and fans, so perhaps Apple is on to something."

Let me make sure I understand your line of reasoning. Apple employees don't blog, and make delightful products. MS employees blog and make boring products. Therefore, blogging causes boring products. Please confirm if this is what you are saying.

Its amazing how this a small blip about One guys opinion about working at Apple,Though I've heard much less flattering things from other employees some how still contains some reference to Microsoft.. true or not.

Apple is another Gigantic corporate entity that is a master a public opinion, at least in the little ivory tower of the tech community.

I have my share of Apple products, but I don't for a second believe that working there is any different than Google or Microsoft.

I can't get over the comments to this article. The link to the interview is in the second sentence. It's pretty obvious unless today is your first day on the Internet.

Of course if the link had been made much more obvious there would be a bunch of comments about how insulting that was.

I really don't get all the hate.

It's amazing that a blog about Apple products manages to make a blog entry that is completely unintuitive, complete with the author coming along and making a bunch of snarky comments. Great way to reach out to your readers.

Also this is the sort of article that makes me dislike this blog so much. A whole lot of fluff content and few articles that are actually interesting. Time for me to unsubscribe I think.

Is Aol Jobs any relation to the great turtle-necked One.

I want back the 90 seconds it took to read this article.