See the sibling post. Working a Nortel was an education for me. I demanded a move from that team to another team and landed in even a worse place. While ther

See the sibling post. Working a Nortel was an education for me. I demanded a move from that team to another team and landed in even a worse place. While there were some phenomenal people there and a few really good teams, that place was just rife with corruption from top to bottom. I eventually quit (my manager gave me the lowest possible rating in my review saying, "Ordinarily I would give someone who accomplished all these things a very good review, but I just don't like you" -- probably I had a case for constructive dismissal ;-) ). I spend 8 months writing free software and trying to figure out what I wanted in a job. It was actually an excellent thing for me in the end, so I don't really regret the time I spent at Nortel.