Leaving IBM

I’ve decided to leave IBM. After 2 years in Diligent Technologies and over 2.5 years as an IBMer following Diligent’s acquisition, and considering I wasn’t pursuing an IBM career that will last many years to come, it was definitely time for me to go.

I’ll be an IBMer until January 31st, 2011. In Diligent-IBM I worked with many great and smart people. As part of my work on ProtecTIER, Diligent-IBM’s award winning Virtual Tape Library product, I learned a lot about high-performance, high-availability systems programming in Linux. My main contributions were to the cluster version of the product and most recently to ProtecTIER’s OpenStorage (OST) implementation. I believe ProtecTIER is a great product that can bring tremendous value to customers and I’m proud to have been part of its development.

My next step is a joint project with a good friend. A garage start-up of sorts. I can’t say much about it, only that while it’s not the greatest idea in the whole wide world, I think it can be a successful venture. I expect to be unemployed for about a year :)

Wish me luck.

11 Replies to “Leaving IBM”

  1. Good luck man.
    I’m sure many people are sad at Diligent.
    Can I interest you in a position in a start up ? :)

  2. Haha…. as tempting as a start-up is, I’m going to try something on my own for once.

    Thanks a lot! We’ll probably meet in some company again sometime :)

  3. Good luck, and there’re many sad people in Diligent. However it’s great that you are pursuing your dream.

  4. I am joining: Mazal Tov, Bon Voyage!. You are free to have new experiences and new ways to walk (or run), we are with you…

  5. בהצלחה בהתחלה החדשה!
    אומנם לא הבנתי את כל מושגי המיחשוב, אבל נשמע שאתה על “דרך הלב” שלך
    בשבילי זו תזכורת מצויינת להמשיך להקשיב ללב שלי :)

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