Pros: Stuff you work on will generally be interesting. Coworkers are pretty good. Solid process for programmers (versioning systems, code review, etc.). Large enough teams so work is evenly distributed. Good opportunity to be exposed to new things. Best pro is that I'm usually into my work enough that time passes by quickly, and I'm generally excited for Mondays.

Cons: No commitment to the flow of knowledge. You can often be assigned to an unfamiliar project with very little idea of what you're supposed to do. The project lead will have the high-level overview, but good luck getting them to explain it to you. More often than not, it's baptism by fire. To be fair, they're getting better about documentation now. Code quality varies across teams, drastically. A lot of legacy code needs to be maintained. Workload is very unpredictable. There are weeks when you have nothing to do and weeks where 24 hours isn't enough in a day. Some of the higher-level managers have overly aggressive deadlines, and no one bothers reigning them in. Too much administrative crud (I assume it's everywhere). Pay comparatively sucks.

Pros: - Great new tech to work on. - Wide range of areas to expand to in terms of technical knowledge.

Cons: This is really sad to say that a company as big as Qualcomm does not pay well. Salary increases are very low, to the point that it is humiliating, actually. In 2022, the inflation rate in Germany reached 11%. Even though the company only adjusted salaries with a 3% increase, which is around 120 Euros for a Senior Software Engineer. 120 Euros! More or less, you get a fancy night out, that's it! The sad thing is, when I spoke to my manager, he told me, and this is word for word: "Employees are the last thing on the upper management's mind at the moment." I still can't believe a company as big as Qualcomm treats its employees with such a mindset.

Pros: Hikes are good in the Qualcomm.

Cons: Some teams micromanage a lot.