The people are very experienced and there are a few interesting projects happening.
I have had both good managers and bad ones; te disheartening part is that there is no way we can complain about most bad ones. The hikes and appraisals are peanuts even with a great performance review; almost no career growth.
A newly acquired subsidiary of IBM is looking to hire me. I'd be the lead architect/manager of *up to* 13 people. What sort of salary range should I expect to be offered? I'm concerned about getting lowballed. Current TC: $220k | 9 YOE | LCOL (Midwest USA)
Hello… I am in IBM consulting and playing lead Cloud architect with cloud migration expertise. I am considering to switch and exploring possible TC and other comp. I am in California ( remote) and making Base : 210k, was told 15% bonus during hire but never got bonus.its been two and half years, ...Read more
I never would have thought that I would be considering an offer from IBM.....doing hybrid cloud architecture work using Azure and Open shift. Words of wisdom?
Hello, With over 10 years of experience in software development, I bring extensive expertise in employing diverse software architectures, including Product, Event Driven, MVC and Service Oriented Architecture and using technologies such as Java, Spring framework, J2EE, IBM technologies, Apache Kafk...Read more
I'm hoping to leave IBM this year. A referral would be greatly appreciated. 7 YOE in network architecture and security. #dropbox
Currently at Kyndryl, would like to explore opportunities at IBM. I am working as a DPE at this time. experience in Public Sector, HC, architecture, cloud, delivery, analytics and presales
I do not have any research papers. I was just an undergraduate from uc berkeley. However I am trying to qualify for 3 things - evidence of major contributions, evidence of criticial role for an org, high salary. I am a regular software engineer but with a few things I want to make a case for 1. Ru...Read more
I recently relocated to USA with GC. Any advice on how to join any big company or MANGs? Last 8 years I worked for IBM EMEA as Sr. solution architect and Java, fullstack and web technologies manager. I led this service area alongside being a people manager for the past 4 years. Most of the jobs I a...Read more
Hi All, Thoughts on the Solution Architect (SA)vs SDE career growth paths and experiences. Which domain is good long term based on opportunities, pay, Benifits, skills, etc. (The SA can be the roles of Solution Architects, Technical Sales Engineers, Customer Engineers, CSA and all here) More speci...Read more
Quantum computing is claimed to be the ‘next big thing’ (in conjunction to AI) and Google and IBM have long been known to be working in this direction. As a hardware engineer, what can one do right now to be in a better position to catch the Quantum computing career curve in coming years? Is this ...Read more
Currently team matching, haven’t gone through HC yet. Due to the hiring freeze, I’m not going to be scheduled for any TM calls until early Aug. Any Google teams currently hiring L4 SWE’s? If you’re an EM or know an EM that’s hiring please comment and I’ll DM you. I’m a full stack dev with 3 yoe, h...Read more
I recently switched jobs, joined my new employer(not IBM) last week. Today morning I received an Inmail from a Google recruiter for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Google Cloud. I am not sure if I want to switch again so soon but was curious to know the salary range for this role. From the descripti...Read more
We are looking for a Senior SAP Core Technology SE to join us at SAP - someone who is well-rounded and experienced with SAP core technologies - Good knowledge in S4 (OnPremise and/or Cloud), Cloud platform, Integration, Extension, along with knowledge in either Security or Database management or Ana...Read more
I’m a SWE IC3 even though I have 8 YOE and have been considered a senior and lead for years within startups/agencies. It doesn’t bother me because it’s my first corporate job at apple of all places and leaves more room for upward momentum and raises. Question is with my experience and apple On the r...Read more
Basically I want to leave IBM because I feel like I'm not learning anymore and I'm being held back by the politics. I think my goals and purpose for possibly leaving is reasonable, I want to find a company where I can grow alot, learn, and be independent to a degree ( Id still appreciate mentorship...Read more
I am currently an SA in AWS for last 2 years and bring an overall 20+ years of IT experience. I have TT rating performance, happy with my team and managers, WLB as well as AWS overall. I’m also up for promo this Q3 to L7. My question is does it make sense to move to IBM as. “Senior Partner” global ...Read more
I'm interviewing for an L6 SA role with 19 YoE, so far I've passed the OA and have the first phone interview scheduled in 2 weeks. I'm not new to the phone interview having failed 3 times already for similar roles, each time the interviewer was on the fence but didn't wave me through (got feedback ...Read more
IBM is ass, I found Blind too late. I’m looking for my next opportunity and want to make sure my next choice is as informed as possible. My strengths and passions: Python/Java/JS, AWS, k8s, kafka/mq, ML serving, ML model lifecycle. I did 4 YOE in an MLE role and want to continue that while improvi...Read more
Amazon is a great place to work for the productive and efficient engineers, we don’t need 50 year old SWE spending all morning checking emails without a single diff getting the same pay as 21 year old pumping out milestone goals. Like they need to leave at 3pm to pick up their kids, really? 3pm are ...Read more
Usually the perception is that Microsoft is obviously better than IBM, but I'm shocked to see that it fucking sucks. Maybe I went from one of the better orgs in IBM to a dysfunctional org in Microsoft. Anyway, here are the reasons: 1. Most code doesn't have a readme. Tribal knowledge and reading t...Read more