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A dinosaur on the verge of extinction

Principal Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Qualcomm for 20 years
February 24, 2019
San Diego, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
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 Outdated organization: 3 people (system, software, test engineer) doing the job of 1 software engineer in Silicon Valley.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.

Advice to Management

You've run a great company to the ground.

Better think about how to keep your name from the future Harvard Business Review about the collapse of Qualcomm.

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