&gt;<i>With Apple sales and market share dropping like a rock in the last 12 months, that might not be the best position to put yourself in long term, career-wise.</i><p>Like &quot;a rock&quot;? Where exactly did you see that?<p>Apple STILL sold 50M frigging iPhones in its &quot;failed&quot; quarter -- and had more profits and revenues that 3 next competitors combined.<p>And that with supply constraints for mobiles, Intel dragging its feet with laptop&#x2F;desktop CPUs, and an atypical extraordinary last year-over-year quarter to compare to.<p>Here&#x27;s the relevant chart: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;statistics&#x2F;263426&#x2F;apples-global-revenue-since-1st-quarter-2005&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;statistics&#x2F;263426&#x2F;apples-global-reve...</a>