Ex-Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was REJECTED by Genius Bar

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JK Scheinberg spent 21 years working as an engineer for the tech giants
Retired at 54 in 2008, and became a little restless with no job
So he applied for a position at an Apple store, but was turned down
Was highlighted in an article on age discrimination

By Dailymail Reporter

Published: 12:39 EST, 5 September 2016 | Updated: 01:55 EST, 6 September 2016

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The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar.

JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.

The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down.

JK Scheinberg (left and right), the Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors, was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar

It was highlighted in an article on age discrimination in the New York Times.

Apple Stores are notorious for recruiting young staff to their front-of-house roles.

Ashton Applewhite wrote: 'I’m lucky enough to get my tech support from JK Scheinberg, the engineer at Apple who led the effort that moved the Mac to Intel processors.

'A little restless after retiring in 2008, at 54, he figured he’d be a great fit for a position at an Apple store Genius Bar, despite being twice as old as anyone else at the group interview.

Schienberg told him: 'On the way out, all three of the interviewers singled me out and said: "We’ll be in touch."

'I never heard back.'

After the piece was published, the software engineer tweeted: 'Wonder if Apple will finally give me callback on that genius bar interview.'

According to Business Insider, Scheinberg invented an Intel version of Mac OSX that ran on PCs.

After the piece on age discrimijnation was published, the software engineer tweeted: 'Wonder if Apple will finally give me callback on that genius bar interview.'

It was highlighted in an article on age discrimination in the New York Times . Apple Stores are notorious for recruiting young staff to their front-of-house roles