Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "China Observer"
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Well that sucks. I lost my job at IBM when our jobs got shifted to China.
That was actually the second time I worked there. I left the first time to be an AIX & IBM storage engineer for the medical field, but LOVED the company. The second time, around 2017, not so much; IBM’s culture changed so much it’s a different company, and not in a good way. They were shedding so much of their server and storage technology, and Ginni was trying to go all in with their Watson AI and Cloud.
At the time, Watson was…not great, and definitely not a revenue generator, and their cloud footprint barely registers in the market and was being implemented poorly. IBM bought SoftLayer for their cloud platform, and it was difficult to use - unlike Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. IBM was still operating from cash assets and mainframe business; maybe it’s changed now, especially after their huge split, shedding a large portion of Global Services.
Such a shame. When I was an IBMer before and after Y2K, EVERYONE on the PLANET knew who IBM was, it was practically a household name…like Sears. It was prestigious to be an IBMer, and I was very proud to be working there; my second time there was due to an acquisition, and I felt like I was returning ‘home’ and just thrilled to get my old Employee Serial# back!
Now it really is like Sears…end of an era. Shoot, most kids out of college haven’t even heard of IBM. They’re just no longer relevant.
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