The First Time I Was Almost Fired From Apple

After joining Apple in 1995 during its struggling period, a new programmer was tasked with updating the Color Picker for PowerPC chips. Beyond completing the assigned work, he created additional color pickers (HSV, HTML, and crayon-themed versions) that Apple unexpectedly shipped. However, he nearly lost his job after embedding T.S. Eliot poetry lines as an Easter egg, which raised copyright concerns before release. The incident taught him about corporate responsibility, though he ultimately kept his position for over 20 years.