Comments on: Working For IBM http://blog.gbyeow.com/2007/05/29/working-for-ibm/ My split personality Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:26:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Nick http://blog.gbyeow.com/2007/05/29/working-for-ibm/#comment-1077 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:23:43 +0000 http://blog.gbyeow.com/2007/05/29/working-for-ibm/#comment-1077 Yep, it does. I worked 8 years for IBM, leaving last year. That was one of the smartest decisions of my life. I only wish I had not bought into that IBM nonsense that they are the best IT company in the world (and therefore you are the best IT professional due to the mere fact of working for IBM) and would have left earlier. IBM is full of people who have no business whatsoever in IT. Quite often they are called "managers" at IBM, and this is tragic. As a general observation - if you do not know the difference between source code and compiled machine code - you have a bright future at IBM as a manager. I can go on several pages of why working for IBM is not the best choice. But mainly it comes down to what can be expressed in very simple terms - "TOO MUCH BS". And BS does not stand for Bachelor of Science. Suffice to say that having left IBM, I finally make what really is a "market rate" salary for Software Developer of my experience and education. Given my historical salary increases at IBM ( that barely covered inflation rate) it would have taken me another 9 years. <strong>gbyeow:</strong> Hmm... That doesn't sound very promising... Yep, it does. I worked 8 years for IBM, leaving last year. That was one of the smartest decisions of my life. I only wish I had not bought into that IBM nonsense that they are the best IT company in the world (and therefore you are the best IT professional due to the mere fact of working for IBM) and would have left earlier. IBM is full of people who have no business whatsoever in IT. Quite often they are called “managers” at IBM, and this is tragic. As a general observation - if you do not know the difference between source code and compiled machine code - you have a bright future at IBM as a manager.

I can go on several pages of why working for IBM is not the best choice. But mainly it comes down to what can be expressed in very simple terms - “TOO MUCH BS”. And BS does not stand for Bachelor of Science.

Suffice to say that having left IBM, I finally make what really is a “market rate” salary for Software Developer of my experience and education. Given my historical salary increases at IBM ( that barely covered inflation rate) it would have taken me another 9 years.

gbyeow: Hmm… That doesn’t sound very promising…

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