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I need to complete 2 badges right now.

It would be great if they take a little time or are easy to obtain.

Thank you

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Please use this thread for your questions and discussion about working at IBM. This includes existing (and past) employee questions.

in Compus placement i got selected for both of this companies so now i left with the choice which one should i have to choose and why so any helpers ..??!!!

Hello!

Hope yall are doing well, I recently got a 2020 MacBook off auction from Goodwill that had a completely wiped drive, but was alright otherwise. Has some sticker called Neocol on it but setup says its owned by IBM, phone number on the notice goes to a deactivated line of course (IBM-HELP?), and could not find its replacement anywhere as it seems to be behind intranet now :(

I figure since its at that 5 year mark + the wiped drive, that it was disposed of, then that garbage man took it to Goodwill since it worked lol, but since you never know with auctions figured I should get in contact with someone to confirm and get it off their MDM if so!

Sp to that end, I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to give me a good contact to see whether this laptop is stolen or if I could get it off the management list with Apple - appreciated in advance!

OH also: Tried the mobility line I found in another thread, but they only deal with iPhones and seem to be scoped out of laptops unfortunately

Has anyone ever filed a complaint against a FLM for retaliation with concrete evidence?
Did it work? What happened? Did you remain under the same manager, or were you reassigned?
In my case, I’m the only one in the team who has had a serious issue with the manager, but as I mentioned, I have evidence.

Edit: I know HR is not on my side, I’m not expecting that. I’m actually ok to be RA’ed. I just want hear real experiences.

Hey everyone! Curious if anyone here has experience pulling data out of SAP and into the IBM ecosystem, whether that's watsonx, Db2, Cloud Pak for Data, or something else I'm not thinking of.

A few things I'm trying to wrap my head around:

• What's the typical extraction path from SAP? Native connectors, ODP extractors, third party tools, or custom builds?
• If you're feeding data into watsonx specifically, how's that experience been? Any rough edges?
• What ended up being the biggest headache? Performance on the SAP side, data mapping, licensing, something else?

Im exploring options and would love to hear real experiences from people who've actually done this. Thanks!

How are you all doing? I hope you're doing well.

As I mentioned in the title, my department was donated two IBM Power 740s for our local server, it's a huge help to us.

The only problem is that we have the usernames and passwords for these servers, but when they were donated, the new user passwords weren’t provided, and the “admin” and “general” accounts were deleted and replaced with others that have different passwords.

We can’t access the server at all.

So I’m here to ask you: does anyone have any idea how we could restore the hard drives and the system on this IBM server? We really don’t care about the data on the hard drives; we just want the server’s processing power, and we want it completely cleared of files and restored to factory settings so we can use it normally.

And before you ask, we can’t contact the people who donated the servers to us.

Thank you very much, everyone.

Does anybody have an idea when the hiring freeze will end? Made it to the final interview and been radio silent. Then hearing there is a hiring freeze and that the hiring process is moving slower.

We’ve all seen some of the discussion around the recent reorg and the recent TV announcements…. It does make you wonder how some of these changes are being experienced on the ground.
For those following the changes closely: has anyone seen how seller-adjacent tech teams have been affected? Or whether the relationship between those teams and the broader organization has shifted in unexpected ways?
Would be interesting to hear from anyone in an affected market who has seen something similar firsthand.

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I recently purchased an IBM Battleship style keyboard (picture from ebay listing, It has yet to arrive). Its delivery is unfortunately scheduled to be while I am away. I am concerned that the keyboard sitting in the mailbox may be damaged from the heat of the weather and that the metal mailbox may emulate a similar situation to a hot car. Assuming a similar heat-level over time to cars, it could potentially reach temperatures of 120 F ( ˜ 49c).

If it reaches these temperatures, how likely is it to damage my keyboard? and how repairable would that damage be?

Welcome to the Weekly Employment Discussion for r/IBM

Please use this thread for your questions and discussion about working at IBM. This includes existing (and past) employee questions.

Hi guys, i'm trying to reset a totalstorage ds4500 but i cant find any way to download the storage manager, what can i do? Appreciate any help or support.

I picked up an old IBM Selectric II typewriter at a tag sale. We had them at work in the 1980s and I wanted to have one. Shortly after turning it on, it powers off. Does anyone have any thoughts about what is causing this? There are some YouTube videos about this, but i thought you guys might have a better answer. Thanks 😊

How hard is it to move into a new org or role at IBM? With the hiring freeze will the be impossible? In Consulting now (Solution architect) but hoping to get into something outside of consulting or an area with a good pipeline/ don’t have to fight for a seat. I’ve done it all from technical work to delivery lead and BA / PM.

Any thoughts or connects would be appreciated. I have references from past projects too.

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Hi,

I'm trying to decide between two career paths and would appreciate input from people who have experience with both (or at least one of them 😊).

Path 1: Classic backend development (outsourcing)

\- Java

\- Spring/Spring Boot

\- REST APIs

\- SQL

\- Docker/Kubernetes

\- Typical backend engineering

Path 2: Enterprise/system integration (local system integration company, maybe 10-15 clients nationally)

\- IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

\- IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW)

\- IBM MQ

\- Enterprise integration

\- APIs, message processing, workflows and middleware

\- Some Java alongside the IBM stack

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My main questions are:

1. How different are the long-term career prospects between these two paths (comparing IBM being niche (not many options) vs backend AI related pressure)?

2. Is there a difference in salaries and benefits between those two career paths?

3. Which path has better job security?

4. Which one has better opportunities for remote work (or perhaps, how possible is it to get a remote position as a system integrator (inside (domestically) or outside of the country (internationally)))?

I have been overthinking this for too long (almost a week) so any recommendation, advice or experience would be helpful, thanks in advance