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“Carrying a Bag”: Memoirs of an IBM Salesman, 1974–1981
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Society
- Volume 35, Number 4, October-December 2013
- pp. 32-47
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In this memoir, James Cortada discusses his time as an IBM salesman working in the Data Processing Division from 1974 to 1981. This was a golden age for account management and mainframe sales, all during the period of IBM’s antitrust suit. Cortada provides insight into the operations and culture of IBM’s sales history.