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A piece of my soul died just trying to imagine the depths of boredom this would take you.

by yazzku 4y ago

yazzku 4y ago
Edit/reply: clearly the top comment did not portray the full picture. Indeed, based on recent comments, it does seem like a good place to work at.
999900000999 4y ago
If you pay me 250k cash I'll have no issue maintaining whatever obsolete tech you wish. Work doesn't need to be fun.
- YinLuck- 4y ago
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reaperducer 4y ago
A piece of my soul died just trying to imagine the depths of boredom this would take you. IBM is a leader in quantum computing. If you find that boring, that's on you.
ASalazarMX 4y ago
Poor people, must be soul crushing to have a well-paid, 9-5 job with technologies that don't have an eternal carrot on a stick that prevents them from achieving mastery at their trade. Where is the excitement of working during the weekend to make sure the dozens of random libraries npm downloaded as dependencies of the one you need to display a neon outline in the list of products are compliant?
- deleted 4y ago
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jacobsenscott 4y ago
One of the best places I ever worked. Really good engineers, and a really calm workplace where you are given the time and space to do good work. No dysfunctional 2 week sprints or hours of "agile ceremony" madness, etc. Of course this was 20 years go, and maybe it depended on the team you were on. I don't know if it is the same now. The only time I had a problem there is when my manager came in and said I had to take down my anti-microsoft sign. Idk why - maybe they were trying to do some deal with them.
- gtvwill 4y ago
  Nah it's the same now. IBM was my first tech job straight from construction/concreting. Work environment was a dream, an absolute pleasure. Got opportunities to pump out training and work on many parts of the stack way further up than I expected. I was a remote area hardware tech. This was bout half a decade ago. Best job I've ever had.
- yazzku 4y ago
  Well, now you're selling it pretty good.
- thrownawaydad 4y ago
  Worked there in the 90s. Probably the most professional engineering environment I've ever seen. And compared to what you might expect of the time and place, quite egalitarian. My boss and half the team were women, and there were several people from unusual backgrounds that would be considered economically disadvantaged these days. Everyone had an office. No politics. Just GSD.
  - jacobsenscott 4y ago
    Yes - same - one of the most diverse place I worked at and that was 20 years ago. Although my current gig is actually pretty diverse.
tinktank 4y ago
There is some serious engineering in what they do -- CPU and memory architecture, OS design and implementation, high speed networking, homomorphic encryption are all areas I've collabed with IBM. I assure you, the average engineer quality at IBM I've worked with has been incredibly high and the people themselves very _very_ creative.

A piece of my soul died just trying to imagine the depths of boredom this would take you.

by yazzku 4y ago

A piece of my soul died just trying to imagine the depths of boredom this would take you.

Edit/reply: clearly the top comment did not portray the full picture. Indeed, based on recent comments, it does seem like a good place to work at.

999900000999 4y ago

If you pay me 250k cash I'll have no issue maintaining whatever obsolete tech you wish. Work doesn't need to be fun.

YinLuck- 4y ago
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reaperducer 4y ago

A piece of my soul died just trying to imagine the depths of boredom this would take you. IBM is a leader in quantum computing. If you find that boring, that's on you.

ASalazarMX 4y ago

Poor people, must be soul crushing to have a well-paid, 9-5 job with technologies that don't have an eternal carrot on a stick that prevents them from achieving mastery at their trade. Where is the excitement of working during the weekend to make sure the dozens of random libraries npm downloaded as dependencies of the one you need to display a neon outline in the list of products are compliant?

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jacobsenscott 4y ago

One of the best places I ever worked. Really good engineers, and a really calm workplace where you are given the time and space to do good work. No dysfunctional 2 week sprints or hours of "agile ceremony" madness, etc. Of course this was 20 years go, and maybe it depended on the team you were on. I don't know if it is the same now. The only time I had a problem there is when my manager came in and said I had to take down my anti-microsoft sign. Idk why - maybe they were trying to do some deal with them.

gtvwill 4y ago
Nah it's the same now. IBM was my first tech job straight from construction/concreting. Work environment was a dream, an absolute pleasure. Got opportunities to pump out training and work on many parts of the stack way further up than I expected. I was a remote area hardware tech. This was bout half a decade ago. Best job I've ever had.
yazzku 4y ago
Well, now you're selling it pretty good.
thrownawaydad 4y ago
Worked there in the 90s. Probably the most professional engineering environment I've ever seen. And compared to what you might expect of the time and place, quite egalitarian. My boss and half the team were women, and there were several people from unusual backgrounds that would be considered economically disadvantaged these days. Everyone had an office. No politics. Just GSD.
- jacobsenscott 4y ago
  Yes - same - one of the most diverse place I worked at and that was 20 years ago. Although my current gig is actually pretty diverse.

tinktank 4y ago

There is some serious engineering in what they do -- CPU and memory architecture, OS design and implementation, high speed networking, homomorphic encryption are all areas I've collabed with IBM. I assure you, the average engineer quality at IBM I've worked with has been incredibly high and the people themselves very _very_ creative.