Well, I just completed my job search and I'll be starting a new job in a much better environment soon. I thought I'd share what I think the current job market in SD looks like. I don't need to talk about the Bay Area market, because from what I can... — read more 

...before a major thunderstorm.....I heard the ax will swing in July....

The rushed (sorry "accelerometered") stock buybacks are propping up the price. Looketh at the pattern of the stock price falling vs. rising.... Recent New York times article with Real Numeros: Search for: stock-buybacks-that-hurt-shareholders -... — read more 

Stories like this should never happen. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-dealt-a-blow--disney-s-outsourcing-about-face-and-netflix-vs--hulu-145952456.html Read paragraph about Disney. If you are told to train foreign workers on something, give the... — read more 

How can you engineer or PM if you can't even comprehend traffic interleaving?

we are still the best in the planet

Do they have pow wows?

And here's to you, Mr. Rosenstein, JANA's loved more than you will know. Boardroom bless you, please Mr. Rosenstein. Seats are held for those who reign in executive pay, Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey.... Where have you gone, Irwin and Viterbi-Oh, Our... — read more 

Check out their linkedin profile. They looking for modem engineers.... Better get plan B lined up in case plan A falls apart.

...Then you don't need to deal with pink slips and WARN act....People in hot job markets like Bay Area will just quit. (People in san diego will be pissed, but most of them will have to put up with it, since they won't find anything else)....You... — read more 

JA.JA.JA.JANA... Mo...Mo...Mo... Buybacks!

One Sr. Dir at work is notorious for being a nasty little bully. He regularly takes people into one-on-ones where he yells at them and generally berates them. Of course he never does this in front of anyone senior, and always picks on people at a... — read more 

http://www.zdnet.com/article/overheating-concerns-continue-to-plague-snapdragon-810-powered-devices/

Do we need two people to lead QCT? What is so special about QCT that you need 2 people to lead the division? Can we not get rid of one of them? I vote for Fat*ss in this case. We could save the jobs of 20 low level engineers solely on his medical... — read more 

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=QCOM.O&officerId=1190122

Today this illustrious board reached it lowest point EVER. I can no longer stand reading this GARBAGE. It is with mixed feelings I decided to join glassdoor.com which has a much cleaner environment. I have to admit I'll miss the anonymous freedom of... — read more 

As I walk over to my car to head out for lunch, I see a 1/16" wide scratch going from the front driver side headlight all the way to the rear taillight....it went down to the bare metal. I am fking pied right now. Once the Q security team finds out... — read more 

It worked for apple and the iPhone. I'll take my 820 processor in pink please.

"In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy." —J. Paul Getty

J.J.J.JANA!

"We need to reduce overall spending for the second half of the year," the memo reads. "Some of this will come from reductions in employment and some from other spending cuts. Employee reductions will vary by business group." ============= Intel may... — read more 

Remember, if what you write won't make your momma proud then most probably is innapropiate and wrong to do ... come guys make your parents proud of you!

Why wait

To ask him about CEO compensation. How come only CA and MR are getting the though questions about pay every quarter and S&M just getting ask to improve the women representation in the executive board? .... are S&M meetings staged and scripted? — read more 

Let 'er rip.

Simple math. Their 100s of million treasure chest of RSUs don't vest if they are gone. SM made 60.7M last year and PJ about the same. Google to read all about it. -the Bobs

So, not that it's official that I'm leaving, it's apparent that the projects that I'm working on, no one else in my group understands or knows much about that. Partly, this was due to the complexity of the software projects. Partly, this was due to... — read more 

True love.

Do a search for Senior Staff Manager Engineers. Look at the number. So the safe for Staff and Senior engineers. Something is wrong here, Too much middle management with low technical skills bleeding Qualcomm dry. Qualcomm needs to flatten out big... — read more 

So far, Q has lost a position w/ Samsung, and some position with HTC, and Apple is placing pressure by reducing patent royalty payments (via Erikssson's court battle) and perhaps eventually getting rid of its dependence on QC's modem ..... Increasing... — read more