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To hire about 7,000 people next year: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-04/apple-to-increase-headcount-in-cupertino-by-46-by-2016 http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_28578891/apple-sets-stage-san-jose-campus-15-000 Already has about... — read more 

a little overtime. Husband / wife both consulting in Silicon valley = $600K. Can't do that in San Diego. $1.8M house looks cheap for a couple making $600K a year. That's 3 years * $600K = $1.8M. With taxes , etc it takes 6 years to pay it off. That... — read more 

No seriously.... It's close to $200k total comp... http://www.glassdoor.com/Job/Walmart-eCommerce-San-Diego-Jobs-EI_IE29449.0,17_IL.18,27_IC1147311.htm... — read more 

So it makes sense for them to advocate more H1Bs quotas: this will suppress workers salary at some point. Their argument is "the other option is to outsource entire operation to low cost area"

For all of you interviewing with companies in SV tell them you want to stay in SD. The more of you do this it may be more likely some will create small teams here that can grow with time.

Sunnyvale in Silly Valley equivalent to Mira Mesa in SD http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Sunnyvale-CA-94087/house,condo,apartment_duplex,townhouse_type/19623596_zpid/97549_rid/37.387208,-121.954165,37.31939,-122.106944_rect/12_zm/ $1.4million for... — read more 

High all! Has anyone heard the latest rumor? Word on the street is that the buyouts will not be based on years of service, but your current accelerated review rating. Higher (> 5 in TRT) rated individuals will get 2 months plus a multiplier of $£¥€... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-sliding-2015-8 *** all the HW we need pretty much exists for the current usage models. It will continue to evolve but at a slower pace, driven by lower costs and margins. The next era will be driven by SW... — read more 

If you are good. That's for a recent hire. Wages rose last 2 years if you haven't been keeping up with the news.

How unfair! I think $200k/year for 10kloc of code per 6 months is fair! Software design, coding standards? Pfff? Who needs that....Damn those H1-Bs that are stealing our jobs.

It is the donations that corrupt. Plus nobody in congress works for a living.

A lot of you are saying things like "I won't want to work there", I won't want to work at a defense company, pay sucks, military sucks, working for the government sucks..". Wow, just wow. Reality really hasn't set in for you, has it? What really... — read more 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/21/intel-lays-off-american-workers-while-lobbying-for-more-h1b-visas/

My job is to collect and monitor the status of the Engineers in Corporate R&D and to get the percentage complete on the research they are doing for determining the most efficient ways to set registers 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 and to keep track of the... — read more 

No wonder America is losing to other countries. Pathetic bunch of racist haters and immature whiners who lack in any manners and intelligence!

My responsibility is to research 10 different ways to set register 0 to value 1. My lead is a Senior Software Engineer who spends most of his time figuring out 20 different ways to set register 0 and 1 and to values 1 each. We both work with a staff... — read more 

My first major job was just to make sure register 0 was set. Then I was promoted to Senior Software Engineer, where my new responsibility was to make sure registers 0 and 1 were set. Most recently, I was promoted to Staff Engineer, where now I am... — read more 

With 50% of qualcomm's revenue coming from China, that's going to hurt. Why do you think the government there is throwing money at domestic companies like Spreadtrum, Huawei, ZTE, etc for R&D and encouraging foreign companies like Qualcomm to set up... — read more 

Why won't anyone else hire me?

at an oil company....

It is just a job, qualcomm is just a company with good and bad qualities. There are so much more tragic things going on in the world. CECIL THE LION was MURDERED!

clearly the H1-B's are too blame. I can't find a job at a defense company, because no one would be stupid enough to pay me $200k to write perl scripts. But clearly, it's the H1-B's fault that I'm losing my script-kiddie job.

I can't tell you an exact number yet because we are still waiting for another 6 bus loads to arrive.

But clearly, it's the H1-B's fault.

Never mind the obamacare website was built by an outsourcing company based in Canada.. I'm liberal, I'm progressive. I'm anti-war. and chicks dig it!

Are you expected to come to work in the two month period if you are given your marching orders?

for me...I'm a victim.. those damn H1-B's are depressing everyone's wages, even wages in defense companies, despite them not hiring H1-Bs. What a bunch of self-entitled whiny bitches. Let's see how much you guys whine and be all picky/choosy once the... — read more 

I was wondering if there are other people out there who are bored with their current roles. I have been in the same role for 5 years now and I was actively looking around within Qualcomm. I almost interviewed for another team within QCT a few months... — read more 

why do so many defense companies have so many positions in the U.S. to are left unfilled.

hmmm. really tough decision there....

They'll sponsor your security clearance, and once you get it, you have a lifetime of employment opportunity with virtually no competition....Maybe because you aren't even qualified for those jobs too? Maybe the problem isn't H1-Bs? Maybe the problem... — read more