“Even now, I look back and wonder if I was horribly taken advantage of, or whether I was in control. I can’t honestly tell.”
Ron Avitzur’s relates his story of being a contractor at Apple, having his project killed, and his unwillingness to give up. Instead he and a friend began a clandestine development project to complete their graphing calculator application. Although he had been terminated by Apple, he hired contractors using his own savings and setup secret offices in Apple’s headquarters. In the end, his application was adopted by Apple and he was paid a ‘nominal sum.’ This is an interesting story of two guy’s determination to finish what they started.
People around the Apple campus saw us all the time and assumed we belonged. Few asked who we were or what we were doing.When someone did ask me, I never lied, but relied on the power of corporate apathy. The conversations usually went like this:
Q: Do you work here?
A: No.
Q: You mean you’re a contractor?
A: Actually, no.
Q: But then who’s paying you?
A: No one.
Q: How do you live?
A: I live simply.
Q: (Incredulously) What are you doing here?!
Aaron Fulkerson 
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