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FWIW, we've divested/spun off the "consultancy" part. And not every part of IBM is bad, there are a ton of great developers and teams that work here, no condole

FWIW, we've divested/spun off the "consultancy" part. And not every part of IBM is bad, there are a ton of great developers and teams that work here, no condolences needed. I quite enjoy doing what I do here. Lots of innovation in multiple areas, but I guess if you have to drink the startup koolaid prevalent here on HN, be my guest.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
I'm not at a startup nor drink the koolaid [1]. I am a consultant, so I get to see how the sausage is made across a wide variety of orgs. In my long tenure in tech (20+ years), I have arrived at evangelizing and encouraging engineering first and data driven organizations; in my experience, that provides the best environment for technologists to have autonomy, while pursuing mastery and purpose (which, hopefully, enables some amount of fulfillment alongside financial compensation). IBM is not such an org, hence my comment(s), but there are startups, enterprises, and a fat middle of SMB businesses that truly are innovative and can demonstrate results to back up that description of themselves. TLDR I want the best experience for my fellow technologists and engineers. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28181703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28181703
- stuff4ben 5y ago
  Looks like you've had problems with IBM consultants, I'll grant you that, but I don't dabble in that side of the business. In my 20+ years of professional experience I have seen it all when it comes to software development and IT service management. From small startup shops barely knowing how to manage Java dependencies, to ecommerce shops doing millions of dollars a day in sales, to large enterprises being among the first adopters of Kubernetes. To lump all of one company into a single disparaging statement is disingenuous. TLDR; your comment is stupid.

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FWIW, we've divested/spun off the "consultancy" part. And not every part of IBM is bad, there are a ton of great developers and teams that work here, no condole

by stuff4ben 5y ago

toomuchtodo 5y ago
I'm not at a startup nor drink the koolaid [1]. I am a consultant, so I get to see how the sausage is made across a wide variety of orgs. In my long tenure in tech (20+ years), I have arrived at evangelizing and encouraging engineering first and data driven organizations; in my experience, that provides the best environment for technologists to have autonomy, while pursuing mastery and purpose (which, hopefully, enables some amount of fulfillment alongside financial compensation). IBM is not such an org, hence my comment(s), but there are startups, enterprises, and a fat middle of SMB businesses that truly are innovative and can demonstrate results to back up that description of themselves. TLDR I want the best experience for my fellow technologists and engineers. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28181703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28181703
- stuff4ben 5y ago
  Looks like you've had problems with IBM consultants, I'll grant you that, but I don't dabble in that side of the business. In my 20+ years of professional experience I have seen it all when it comes to software development and IT service management. From small startup shops barely knowing how to manage Java dependencies, to ecommerce shops doing millions of dollars a day in sales, to large enterprises being among the first adopters of Kubernetes. To lump all of one company into a single disparaging statement is disingenuous. TLDR; your comment is stupid.