A pastiche of my daily routine in my last year at Apple.
7.00 am
Wake up and realize I have to go to work. Groan.
8.25 am
Reach the office.
8.35 am
Go out for breakfast while mail downloads.
8.50 am
Come back to the office to find the VPN connection has dropped (again). Groan. Reconnect to VPN (after trying multiple servers) and download mail again. Let’s see… postings from field engineers mailing list, angry customers demanding Steve’s email address, coworkers emails, and the obligatory viagra ad (have to say that apple’s spam filters are pretty good).
9.05 am
Hear anguished scream from next cubicle. Marcom Manager is suffering from SBOD and she has,has,has to get this one email out. Try to help, not good. Hard disk sounds suicidal.
“Did you backup like I told you?” I ask. Deer in headlight look. Of course, she was too busy. Break out the recovery tools and try to salvage something from the smoking remains.
10.30 am
While still trying to recover MM’s hard disk, AppleCare Manager wanders over and asks about some technical issue that appeared on the net. This guy is a new hire and doesn’t know much about Macs. Research his issue and email him the results.
