A dinosaur on the verge of extinction - Principal Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

San Diego is one of the finest cities

Cons

Old in every sense of the word. Average age close to 40. Most people still program in C exclusively. Outdated organization - 3 people (system + software + test engineer) doing the job of 1 software engineer in silicon valley. Same business model from the 90s. Technology hasn't changed since 4G - 5G is just smoke and mirrors, and upper management doesn't know how to run anything else.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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