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I was considering applying to Red Hat and was assured by the fact that IBM put Jim in charge. Now that I see this I'm reconsidering Red Hat as a company.

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My connections at RedHat say nothing has changed for them, and that RedHat is not IBM.

But Jim leaving does make it look less likely that IBM will be turning into RedHat anytime soon.

From what I'm told RedHat continues operating as an independent business unit under IBM.

Edit: full disclosure; I too am considering RedHat, as I'd like to resume full-time work on systemd/journald in the future and there aren't exactly many places employing people to work on upstream systemd. So I may be biased in wanting to believe the above is true, grain of salt and all.

They do indeed feel like 2 completely different companies. Different hiring processes, different employment contracts, different cultures, different offices, different tools, different management structures, different benefits. The biggest change I've seen is that they now trade under the same ticker symbol.

Source: former IBMer, current Red Hatter

I am at RH right now, engineering. Things have really not changed. I will be honest I am a little nervous that Jim has left, but I think on the whole it's still a great place to work right now. In 3-5 years , who knows?

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