The End of the Long and Winding Road


During my 11+ years at Apple, I've seen many people come and go. When they go, it's usually as a result of one of Apple's fabled and infamous "reorgs," when they find that the position they held within the company no longer exists. I always figured that if and when I was to leave the company, I would probably go in the same way...and I was right.

Today Apple laid me off as part of a "Business Termination." What exactly does that mean? Well as it was explained to me, Apple constantly reorganizes its resources to fund new projects like iTunes, iPhoto, and so on. Now that Panther is complete, Apple is shuffling resources again. When my department was informed that it was losing resources that were being allocated in another part of the company, I drew the short straw. It was a shock, but certainly nothing I haven't seen before.

I have nothing to complain about. I had a very long run at Apple, and to paraphrase the Cuban baseball player character from the old Saturday Night Live episodes, "Apple been very, very good to me!" I wish them the best of luck as they continue to find success in this Windows-centric world -- a fact that has become painfully obvious as I look at job listings on the web!

Luckily I already had a few brands in the fire because I haven't been happy in my current position for quite some time. So while I'm currently unemployed (a strange sensation after nearly 12 years of solid employment), I'm already interviewing and my unemployed status will hopefully be a very temporary situation. That said, however, I'm not taking any chances; I'm posting a downloadable PDF version of my resume below. If you know of any opening for an Apple technology expert, with a dash of Wintel experience, please pass it along. Thanks!


DKS Resume.pdf

Posted: Wed - October 29, 2003 at 10:15 AM          

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