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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1715745" data-attributes="member: 945">No, I don't Capital One is a small company.  But, unlike IBM at least, they are centrally focused (banking/credit), and they are centrally located. IBM has over 330,000 employees, at least half of which aren't even in the U.S. One of things, according to their website, that I liked was their emphasis on I.T.  That is, their business was built around technology, not the other way around.  My first job out of college was with Wal-Mart, and Wal-Mart had a HUGE emphasis on technology - they win all kinds of I.T. awards, are leaders in a number of categories, and have the world's largest non-government database (80 terabytes last I heard).  I.T. had a lot of respect there.Take Sprint for example (please!) - I.T. is a bastard stepchild of the business, and the business runs everything.  The business *tells* I.T. what they want done, and we have to deliver - whether it makes any sense or not.  There is no two-way communication between I.T. and the business side.  For the most part, the business side runs the show, and most the people in the I.T. side don't even understand the business side.  At Wal-Mart, I.T. staff knew the systems the business side used better than the business folks, and it made a huge difference in the quality.When you get into that kind of situation, it can make a huge difference in the quality of the environment.  It was a key selling point for me.</blockquote>

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