Is IBM still desirable?

Marqeta / Eng
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Jun 29, 2019 17 Comments

Seems like IBM is just where obese boomer chuds go for "better work-life balance" (read: can't hack it) and it's career suicide if you're young.

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  • IBM
    thinkbee

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    thinkbee
    Boomer chuds?
    Dude go outside.

    The team I'm in is pretty great. The only issue is dealing with the IBM groups that give IBM the bad name. Yeah pay is low but so are everyone's expectations
    Jun 30, 2019 0
  • Google
    yellowshit

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    yellowshit
    Yes. If it's a shitty company, then it would have died years ago but they are still relevant. Still in cloud and ai. IBM research is still prestigious imho.
    Jun 29, 2019 0
  • IBM
    aimonkey

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    aimonkey
    IBM Research is good in terms of publication and patent portfolio, comparable to research divisions in other companies. Other divisions lag behind, some very severely. I wouldn't say it's career suicide. The culture is not very demanding, so if you choose to be a slacker you'd still be fine. Not everyone does that though. And it's good on your resume, helps get calls from other "hot" companies out there.
    Jun 29, 2019 0
  • IBM / Data
    bbWI22

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    bbWI22
    In Silicon Valley, they are attempting to pay more competitively (new hires 110-130k, 1-2 YOE 150-170k). Still low compared to FAANG, but not the supremely low salaries you’re used to hearing of from IBM. Certain parts of the engineering leadership are really good, and if you can end up working in those departments, you can get good work with good upward potential. And the skills acquired (ML, APIs, containerised services, distributed computing) are useful even at other companies.

    Bottom line, if you join a low-performance team and let your skills atrophy early in your career for that cushy WLB, then yes it’s career suicide. But if you develop your skills, grow to a certain point, and be aware of when it is time to move on, I think it can be a good place to work after college.
    Jun 30, 2019 0
  • IBM
    GinniR

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    GinniR
    No.
    Jul 1, 2019 1