Qualcomm

Great pay and benefits, smart people (i.e., no question you can't find someone to help you answer), lots of good projects, and groups of people who enjoy life outside of work.

At the mercy of the customers, focused on execution. Some teams get slammed constantly to deliver on deadlines that were never realistic. Program management tries hard with good intentions, but it is frustrating. The leads all insist you file a feature request but then deny it later after the program managers have already wasted two days of your life making you explain the feature to them.

Someone needs to find a non-MSM/MDM product that can leverage the SW engineering talent that is commuting every day to Sorrento Valley!