Texas Instruments

Learned and strengthened tons of technical skills. The group I was in definitely works you hard, but you definitely learn a lot about project management, problem-solving, semiconductor theory (depending on your job function), presentation skills, and much more.

I was definitely "in the trenches" and a workhorse there, which has its pros and cons.

The group I worked in was definitely clique-ish. It was about who you knew and how well you knew them in most cases. There was not much room for advancement, and it was hard to move laterally in the organization. In addition, not much praise was given to employees who did good at their jobs.

This may just be specific to my group, so I won't say that this applies to all of Texas Instruments. I really didn't have an overall good experience in my group.

Make more opportunities for employees to move laterally and vertically. Better communication would be good too. I think TI Management at the mid-level was not good at communicating with their engineers.