IBM is largely a relic from a bygone era. You know, the era where people of color didn&#x27;t exist and women were largely relegated to secretarial roles.<p>I have it on good authority that you need to pay for snacks at IBM. When an executive was asked why this was so, they replied that: &quot;the coffee is free, because it will make our engineers more productive.&quot;<p>IBM, not even once.