FWIW, we've divested/spun off the "consultancy" part. And not every part of IBM is bad, there are a ton of great developers and teams that work here, no condolences needed. I quite enjoy doing what I do here. Lots of innovation in multiple areas, but I guess if you have to drink the startup koolaid prevalent here on HN, be my guest.
I'm not at a startup nor drink the koolaid [1]. I am a consultant, so I get to see how the sausage is made across a wide variety of orgs. In my long tenure in tech (20+ years), I have arrived at evangelizing and encouraging engineering first and data driven organizations; in my experience, that provides the best environment for technologists to have autonomy, while pursuing mastery and purpose (which, hopefully, enables some amount of fulfillment alongside financial compensation). IBM is not such an org, hence my comment(s), but there are startups, enterprises, and a fat middle of SMB businesses that truly are innovative and can demonstrate results to back up that description of themselves.
TLDR I want the best experience for my fellow technologists and engineers.
