Why do we have so many non-technical stsms and DEs? Who lets these guys go up the technical ladder with so little knowledge and so disconnected from the reality of today's technology? Is it mostly a political game? Don't get me wrong, there are... — read more 

Your old pal Deep Throat here again. I’d like to explain the title to this short memo, and a hot topic for me personally. Recently IBM posted this: "In 2020, the company achieved its goal of hiring 2,000 veterans, 11 months in advance of... — read more 

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/10/14/ibm-is-expanding-upskilling-programs-commits-to-training-30-million-people-by-2030/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=wral

So when it comes to pay, no problem violating the contractual terms. But when it comes to vaccine mandates. . . https://www.mbtmag.com/home/news/21759440/ibm-to-pay-350000-over-pay-discrimination

https://www.forbes.com/lists/worlds-best-employers Number 2! Wow!!!

Is it unreasonable to ask someone from PT timezone to follow ET hours for 1 month during critical phase of the project? To be specific... starting 9AM ET. Work day typically gets over at 6p ET or sooner sometimes, and this person makes it such a... — read more 

Anyone knows if anything will happen to Tivoli and Tivoli products? With the many recent acquisitions (Instana, Turbonomics and the likes) and looks like Tivoli is slowly becoming obsolete. Is that another part that will be sold off which means that... — read more 

Total WW external OEM storage systems shipped was up 27.9% YoY for 2Q21. Revenue grew 9.7% YoY for 2Q21. Somehow IBM's revenue (current market share 4.7%, down from 8% last year) managed to grow -36% YoY. That's negative 36%!! Hitachi also declined... — read more