IBM is about to cut 26 percent of its workforce? Jesus Christ.

One of America's most iconic companies, on the ropes.

On my dad's last birthday (last April), I walked over to this little mini-mall thing in Minneapolis (where I was living at the time), got a coffee, and shot the shit with him. It was a real "my old man" type moment. At that specific point in time, I was about to finish a Masters degree but had no job prospects. He told me this story of one of his friend…