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Sr. Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Qualcomm for 20 years
October 14, 2015
San Diego, California
4.0
RecommendsNegative Outlook
Pros

Good benefits.

Some projects and groups are good, but most of the work is integration work.

Open and diverse work culture.

Cons

Long hours are expected. Unfortunately, "firefighting" has become the norm, and people are rewarded for quick fixes rather than asking why we keep fighting fires. "Visibility" via emails and messengers is rewarded more than the real engineers who did the work. There is a lack of overall direction right now. Poor documentation and software practices (s/w is secondary and is treated as such). Lateral moves are pretty difficult despite what mgmt. says. Not great for CS majors, but good for EE.

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