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Red Hat is more than its products. The engineering talent at the company is astounding. I remain skeptical that they will remain for long though.
by pm90 7y ago
Red Hat is more than its products. The engineering talent at the company is astounding. I remain skeptical that they will remain for long though.
- sys_64738 7y agoThe talented ones usually jump ship sooner than later. Many will be offended to be working for IBM now. Those that remain are the others.
- ethbro 7y agoI had a friend who worked at a startup which was acquired by IBM. They managed to piss everyone off about 6 months after inserting IBM managers. Typical "You're a startup. We're IBM. Our way has stood the test of time, so we'll help you out by implementing it here" stuff. And I don't argue IBM has learned a lot of incredible business and management lessons over the years. But you can't give a perfect playbook to someone of average intelligence, tell them they're the smartest person in the room because of the playbook, then turn them loose with other smart people and expect good things to happen.
- ineedasername 7y agoI don't know how it is in the IBM-level sphere for an acquisition like this, but in the financial world there's often a 12 month retention bonus. I'd look for staff hemorrhage in a year.