4 years ago today I wrote these three 50-word stories about the 21 years (with an 8-year break in the middle) that I worked at IBM.
| First day of work | Assembling a career | It was a large time |
| I began with an unheard of annual salary of $16,437. I remember driving into “thee” Research Triangle Park and thinking, “I have arrived.” I started coding assembly-language, network-routing software. It essentially did what your 6″x10″ home computer router does today, except that it was the size of a side-by-side refrigerator. | I worked for IBM a total of 21 years, had 19 managers, and 9 very different job types during that time. I learned so much about technology and working on a team for a large company, made a ton of money, and met so many good people during those years. |