Working for ibm is clearly hasadarous to your ability. If we believe ibm they're telling us just how much ibm sucks. Employer of last resort, do not hire.
Ageism is still the number 1 discrimination in the IT/software industry by a mile. But since it is not as 'sexy', 'Politically Correct' or appealing to the right 'Consumer Demographic', it gets mostly the silent treatment.
Counterpoint:<p>The thing is, how can anyone who has stayed at IBM for 30 years be anything other than a deadweight who is just there to collect a paycheck?<p>I mean, come on. IBM is kind of corporation where people go in hopes of slipping through the cracks and being forgotten (while the automatic payroll deposits keep coming).<p>Can then not be pardoned for indulging in a little tree shaking?<p>Employment at the same place until death isn't some kind of constitutional right.