Ex-Apple engineer: two years in QA taught me to never treat quality as second-class
jdluk87 · x · 2026-10-12
A former Apple engineer reflects on his career start: he could have skipped two years in QA and gone straight into engineering, but is glad he didn't—the QA experience is why quality, testing and performance are never second-class in his apps today. He also shares a story: after interviewing for a Siri QA role from Italy across three days at 11pm local time, he quoted $100k (the Glassdoor average), only to get a rejection-style email. He assumed he had asked for too much; in reality, one interviewer—later his Director—had realized he was technical enough to work as a dev, and the recruiter simply forgot to mention it. He remains grateful for the Siri QA team, where he made friendships that last to this day.
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