Working at IBM

Work continues steadily at IBM. If I told you what I was actually doing I’d have to kill you – such is confidentiality – and I’d prefer not to have to trace the IP of everyone who visits this blog and hunt them down with some futuristic weapon that nobody knows about yet either.

I’ve always thought there were two major points I’d have to consider when considering a role in a company: firstly, how technical it is, and secondly how artistic it is. In other words, while I’d love to be a graphic designer, I’ll probably end up being a database analyst, purely because the job would be much easier to acquire (and with my rubbish level of graphic design skill, much easier to keep.) Working at IBM, where you get opportunities to work in both of these areas, has reenforced the idea that I must find a compromise between them. Might sound odd… I mean, databases aren’t meant to look pretty, and graphic design does not require any kind of schema. So this perhaps makes me wonder whether I should move into user interface design or similar, no?

Overall, IBM has been nothing short of a vital learning experience for me. Heck, I’m not even halfway through my placement and I can already say this. Computer science takes a minimal part in said experience if I’m honest – I feel like I can interact with people professionally, organise my life properly and keep pushing through work ’til the cows come home. All this and the graduates here still joke about me being the tea boy. As they say on the internet… soon.

Will make sure to make another post here if I get my manager’s job or anything.