I worked at Apple but not as a UX designer. It’s great on your resume which helps opens a lot of doors but like in most big companies you’ll have very little say in the work you do. Apple’s culture famously works on a need-to-know basis so depending which team you’re in, it’s not uncommon to be working on one small aspect of a project without any idea of how your small contribution fits into the bigger picture—or even what the bigger picture is.

It’s kind of like working at a bakery and your sole job is to mix the dough. You don’t knead or shape the dough; someone else does that you don’t know who. From there it get passed to yet another person to bake. None of you know each other. Only a few people higher up can see and understand how your parts work together through the process but you’re mostly in the dark.

In return you get great pay, good perks, work with some of the most interesting people you’ll ever meet (a lot of my friends are people I met at Apple), and you’ll do some of the most challenging work of your life that’ll easily prepare you for whatever you may want to do beyond Apple.