jgeorgeLOL what the everloving heck is this, it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen an IBM logo on. Spoilers: it's legit. I have it, it works, it does precisely what it says on the tin, and I love it.
Takeapart thread coming soon.
Mekki@jgeorge following because I work at IBM and we have an internal IBM history community that loves unpacking where these weird objects came from. Please share more soon!
My name is Gordo@gordoooo_z @mekki It’s hard not to be an IBM nerd if you work there. There’s SO MUCH history, and IBM has made so many many different things over its lifetime, there’s always going to be something that you can take a historical interest in. And honestly, IBM has a fair bit of secrecy to it that it has a bit of cachet as like AT&T or the Bell companies did back before the breakup, not even intentional secrecy but they do so much in so many places that there’s always something to discover.
@jgeorge @mekki Oh for sure. 100% on board. I would love to just take a walk through that building (well, buildings), let alone get to do so regularly. I guess I just wonder how many of those IBMers were already IBM nerds, vs. how many became IBM nerds once they were hired and were suddenly surrounded by all of it.
I have to assume many of them. I'm sure AT&T has its share of Ma Bell geeks as well.
By the way... y'all hiring? :p
@gordoooo_z @jgeorge hiring is a complicated question with broad swaths of layoffs across the tech sector. IBM is always "hiring" but whether or not it's worth your time to throw your hat in the ring is an entirely different question. Find me on LinkedIn if you want to discuss. I'm deliberately easily discoverable.