Next Friday, May 29 will be my last day at IBM. It’s been an interesting run.

IBM isn’t a bad place to work, but it’s not a great place to work either.

The benefits are good, the pay is mediocre. You get three weeks of vacation but it takes 9 years to jump to 4 weeks of vacation.

IBM is extremely top heavy in management. There are so many levels of management that the workers are nothing more than a number. I suppose it’s probably like that in all big companies.

Anyway, next Friday is my last day. I’m looking forward to some down time, although I’ve had downtime lately anyway.

I don’t know what the next step is but I’m thinking of becoming one of those courtesy drivers for a car dealership. I definitely do not want to do anything in IT, that’s for sure.

Wish me well, if you will, I can use some luck.