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I thought the same way for a long time but there's some vibrant development happening in Austin from what I hear. They also bought Strongloop[0] a while back,
by hardwaresofton 8y ago
I thought the same way for a long time but there's some vibrant development happening in Austin from what I hear.
They also bought Strongloop[0] a while back, so the developers from aqui-hires have to go somewhere.
[0]: https://strongloop.com/ https://strongloop.com/
- mathattack 8y agoDo they stay after 2 years? They seem to be in the auditing and shareback business. Probably the right way to return cash to shareholders but not a high growth tech company. (And if the accusations are true, not an ethical one either, though the bar may be low)
- hardwaresofton 8y agoSorry I only worked in Austin (and not at IBM) -- I have no idea :(. I ran into some IBMers that were young and excited at a JS conference over 3 years ago.
- dunpeal 8y ago> They also bought Strongloop[0] a while back, so the developers from aqui-hires have to go somewhere. That would be somewhere else. Strongloop is in SV, there's no shortage of opportunity for the devs who worked there. Unless they got some serious golden handcuffs, in which case I'm sure some will stay for the 3-5 years these last.
- hardwaresofton 8y agoAh I didn't mean to imply that Strongloop was in Austin -- didn't know that Strongloop was in SV though, but I guess that makes sense. I would think IBM has excellent golden handcuffs, not to speak of prestige and interesting problems. Like other big companies, it just depends on your distance from the C-levels and which team you get to be on -- do you get to do the interesting work or the boring work.
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