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A strong technology company, but of the past

Principal Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Qualcomm for 20 years
October 1, 2019
San Diego, California
3.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great location. Sunny San Diego.

Cons

Lost the engineering edge, no more R&D.

Upper management is not quite as strong. They are still riding on the coat tails of previous success from 20 years ago. The WWAN modem remains to be the only unique strength of the company.

Employee rewards have fostered only average technical contributions. The definition of strong technical contributions has been replaced by large volumes of mundane work.

Advice to Management

In my opinion, upper management at the C-level requires a shake-up. Fresh air is needed to overhaul the engineering vision.

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