I have been reading slowly through Apple’s excellent Core Data tutorial, and I noticed something funny–about $$$$ MONEY $$$$$!

In their Fetching Events example, they are querying salary data for employees. Now, this is a made-up example, but I thought it was interesting to look at the numbers. In Apple’s fake example, the male employee, Fred, makes the largest salary: $97,000. The second-highest goes to Juli, with $90,000. And bringing up the rear, is Tanya, who makes even less: $56,000.

Now, yes, this is a made-up example. And yes, there are only three made-up employees at that. But I found it interesting that even in a made-up example, the male employee made the most. I wonder if this says anything about salaries at Apple. Is this the subtle work of a disgruntled technical documentation writer? Is this a subconscious reflection of society as it is? WHO IS THIS FRED, ANYWAY?! TANYA, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR A RAISE!

The next time I write some technical documentation, my made-up employees with made-up salaries are going to read:

I have finally finished up my video blog of Apple’s 2010 Worldwide Developer’s Conference.

The vlog features interviews with six women developers, highlights from the keynote queue, WWDC parties, and general commentary into the conference experience itself. This goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: the video contains auxiliary info only; nothing specific to the content under NDA.

Many thanks to:
Iman Yusuf of RMIT University
Marn-Yee Lee of Twinkle Toes Software
Zara Aida of Terato Tech
Brittany Tarvin of FadingRed
Miwaza of DuoPlus! and miwaza.com
and Melody Wang of the University of New South Wales.

And thanks to everyone else who helped in the making of this video. Hope you enjoy!