> Go find the oldest retired IBMer you can and ask them what it was like in the good days. You'll find it was very similar. I don't think this was true. Befor

> Go find the oldest retired IBMer you can and ask them what it was like in the good days. You'll find it was very similar. I don't think this was true. Before Google really started poaching everyone, big tech engineering jobs were almost always lower paid than almost any managerial job, and compensation was never in line with lawyers or medical doctors. Plenty of people who put in 10+ years at FAANG companies have enough to retire, did you really see IBM engineers retiring in their 40s (or, the ability to if they wanted?). I've been in the industry for over 20 years, and when I started, regardless of how good of an engineer you were, unless you hit it big with an IPO riches were not to be had. That has changed drastically in the last fifteen years.