
What does IBM do these days?
Posting anon because I don't want to get ridiculed since this is a genuine question.
I'm in my early 40s. When I was at uni, 20+ years ago, I was given several recommendations that I should seriously consider working for IBM. These recommendations were from people such as uni lecturers who had never even worked there. I never did, and went on to become a software engineer at relatively tiny companies by comparison. That said I enjoy what I do.
Whenever I read stories about IBM - specifically from those who work(ed) there - it sounds like one horror story after another.
My vague recollection from 20+ years ago is they were this massive company that had had success with PCs in the 2 decades prior. I know they had some heritage in the server department and was largely unaware of anything to do with their software ventures.
When I look at them in 2024 I've no idea what they actually do. The stand out seems to be "consultancy" and it's hard to imagine anything other than they're still somehow riding on the wave of successes of the past. As per, "you don't get fired for buying (insert big company name here)". I can't imagine their consultancy services in the IT industry are significantly better than the - literally thousands of - other much smaller consultancies.
So, WTF do they actually do? And out of interest did anyone enjoy working there?