Texas Instruments

It really varies by location. Dallas is not the same as Santa Clara, Munich, or Bangalore.

If you're an in-the-trenches engineer in a stable group, you have the benefit of a relatively stable company with plenty of resources.

Whether you are an individual contributor or a manager, be prepared for constant management change. Growth at all costs is the mantra. This causes a very short-term orientation. Most low-level managers seem to live in fear, and mid-level managers are constantly trying to climb.

This also causes HR to have way too much organizational power. Not good long-term.

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