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by makestuff 1021 days ago
I often wonder is AWS success due to paying top dollar to staff where as IBM seems to have gone down the cost cutting route and low salaries. I'm sure that isn't the only reason, but IBM's fall from the top has been pretty drastic over the last 30 years.

I guess it also could just be due to companies eventually get too big and bloated which causes them to innovate slower.
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VirusNewbie 1021 days ago
>I often wonder is AWS success due to paying top dollar to staff where as IBM seems to have gone down the cost cutting route and low salaries.

I think that's almost certain. Even if IBM finds and rewards the rockstars they have and promotes them quickly and gives them special treatment, i'm guessing a lot of them would prefer to work at Amazon or Google. Not only would they make good money, most of their coworkers would be of higher quality as well.

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yuppie_scum 1021 days ago
I bet IBM beats AWS handily on work-life balance, pressure from management, and most of the metrics of work satisfaction other than compensation and maybe office facilities

IBM probably doesn’t use Chime for meetings, either.

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VirusNewbie 1021 days ago
I always assumed a good chunk of developers derive satisfaction from either making software that is useful and used, or compensation. I don't see how IBM wins on either of those fronts.

I suppose for a narrow group of people might prefer IBM, but certainly not the majority of talent.

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