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Software is not the focus

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Qualcomm for less than 1 year
November 9, 2009
San Diego, California
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

For a Software Engineer:

  • Working with smart people
  • Great benefits
  • Lots of projects and ability to transfer position internally (but not always)
Cons
  • Work hours vary a lot. So does the project load for many people.
  • Lot of integration work for software engineers. You may spend most of your time testing/troubleshooting other components.
  • Lot of management problems at mid-levels.
Advice to Management

Focus on better firmware software development. Lots of rewrites that don't seem to go anywhere. Software engineers need to spend more time delivering better software, not working on integration.

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