[svckr]

> Though Apple employees receive significant yearly discounts on computers, and this was the first significant redesign of the MacBook Pro’s body in eight years, he had chosen not to buy one of the new ones, even a year later. (The author, referring to a Genius' 2015 MBP)

Umm. I earn modestly good money developing software and my 2010 MBP is starting to show its age. How much does he think an Apple Store employee makes? How much DOES an Apple Genius in NYC make?

[cosmotron]

According to glassdoor, an Apple Genius working in NYC makes approximately $23/hour [1].

[1] https://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Apple-Mac-Genius-New-Yo...

[bsimpson]

FYI, OP is a woman: https://twitter.com/caseyjohnston

[svckr]

Thanks for pointing that out! Usually aiming for non-gendered language, but sometimes assumptions get the better of me!