I know this is a very uncertain time for some of you. For those of you who might be considering selling your home, I'm available to explain your options and help you decide what might benefit you the most. Whether you want to sell to purchase and... — read more
Qualcomm out of panel business
First Mirasol now some company that was recently acquired a few years ago called Pikstroniks. Who's Next?
Jenny on Ashley Madison
Sometimes the laundry just isn't as dirty as you wish it to be. She is on the list because her and her husband own and operate a private investigation firm specializing in infidelity investigations, including, ironically, checking to see if someone's... — read more
Private College
I have a kid starting at a private University this year where tuition is 50k+. Any thoughts on how to maintain this if I am laid off? I am the only provider for our family.
No traffic here
https://www.thelayoff.com/mediatek
Remember Remember The Ides of September...
The JANA partners treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the JANA partners treason Should ever be forgot! Barry and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To split the Chips and Licensing All up alive. Ten billion in bonds, trade at par or below... — read more
Why do we need CE tech lead?
We have tech leads from dev team. At same time we also have bunch of tech "leads" on CE side. Only thing they do is collect status reports and act like a bridge between real dev. tech lead and CE engineer handling cases. During meeting they would... — read more
I'm so glad to hear from Steve that the layoffs are on track...
... even if the 820 isn't. Come to think of it, has any exec even mentioned the 820 in the past six months?
If you are reading this
...and you are an admin on the second floor (the one with auburn hair) I just want to make sure you know that you are super attractive
What do you think about today's announcements for 6BUs..
QCT is one BU, rest of shit like server, compute(whatever that is), IOE(yeah, sure), aautomotive get to be their own BUs. Sounds like they should have renamed these to BS units
QC State of Mind
Where are we? EUPHORIA? COMPLACENCY? DENIAL? HOPE? PANIC? CAPITULATION?
End of Q4
Apple is buying QC, 100% confirmed. Trust me.
SM message full of shit
SM message was full of shit, sorry for the fxxxxing anxiety asshole, all management from QC should be gone, this stupid decisions make key players leave at once, please fellows engineers let's leave this company!!!
Ops, Xiaomi is out too
Xiaomi is going to develop its own in-house processor. Apparently they said unlike initial claim from Q that 820 is a processor and a toaster, results show that it isn't hot enough to burn a toast.
Bookmark this countdown counter
Especially VPs who will hear about their department impact for the first time on this date http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20150915T10&p0=770&msg=QC&font=cursive&csz=1
Markets getting smoked hahaha
401ks looking like 301ks
Actual layoff date comes into view
Due to HR's lack of confidentiality, we now know the actual date for the layoffs to happen: Sept. 16. Two weeks from tomorrow. This is consistent with past layoffs in that the company never does them on either Mondays or Fridays (some strange logic... — read more
Why I Like T-Mobile....Customer care in USA even at night.
I had a minor issue with my bill. So I called just now get it resolved. Local time is 9:30 PST... The customer service representative answers, and it's a nice southern woman from Wichita, Kansas...Friendly, extremely helpful, and speaking English... — read more
Real Estate: From 1970 Through 2015 This Is a Graph with The History Of Home Price / Interest Rate Relationship
http://i.imgur.com/LtATydD.png
Guards started walking the beat at QCA today.
I feel safe now that unarmed kids have my back...
810 chip / QCA
QCA was supposed to write the test software for a crucial part of the 810 chip, and they never did. QTC, which relied on the test software, got blamed for the project being behind schedule, and a lot of people will probably lose their jobs because of... — read more
Countdown begins
Never thought a countdown will be useful for anything other than the soccer world cup, but here you go: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20150915T10&p0=770&msg=QC&font=cursive&csz=1
Trump supports giving every person with college degree an H1B visa. Millions to come to this country.
Trump in his book says: "As an example, foreign students come over to our colleges, learn everything there is to learn about physics, finance, mathematics, and computers, and graduate with honors. ... Wouldn't it be better if we invited foreign... — read more
Caring for mother with Alzheimer's
I've got a problem. My mother is requiring a lot of my attention - due to her memory loss. It's really difficult for me. There isn't anyone else who can care for her. She has no assets. Typically, I'm the one helping her with money. She lives in her... — read more
Will my stocks get vested on 11/20 even if 11/13 is the my last day at work and if I use my vacation to complete working through the 60 day?
As I understand, you need to be employed so your stocks get vested on 11/20/215. Let's say that I have 10 days or so of unused vacation time. What happens if the last day of my work at office is 11/30 and used my vacation for the rest of November?
How did we get here?
Okay, so the highend came down to Apple and Samsung. Then we lost Samsung. In the lowend modem we have competition from Intel, MediaTek and Spreadtrum, in lowend tablet we have competition with Hisilicon and Leadcore in addition to the first list ... — read more
Ding Dong....The Amazon smartphone is dead...
Not saying we couldn't have seen this coming.....It was a dumb idea for Amazon to do it...But it's dead.... http://9to5google.com/2015/08/27/amazon-fire-phone-dead/page/5/
Layoff List
Do they release the list on September 8?
Google to buy QCT?
I'm predicting that Google will buy QCT. It's the best possible way for Google to compete with Apple, quickly! If they don't, Google will fall, quickly!
Lot of people says housing market will crash 30%, but mrealtot it may crash just 15 by next year
Don't worry much don't sell your second home.
Do we need to come to office after the layoff notice till end of Nov?
Not that I have received a notice. But are we asked to come and work till the end of Nov after the notice gets sent?
Even after 15% layoff I predict Q will continue bringing over many thousands more H-1Bs.
So there is " new blood" to workforce
Everyone is walking around with cement shoes and the vultures are circling
That is how I would sum up the mood in my building. We all know some of our coworkers will not be with us in three months or it may be us not with them if we are shown the door. When the announcements comes, even if I am safe, I'll still have some... — read more
Predict apple's future?
I've an offer for a job similar to the job I do here. What do you think about Apple's future? Would you take an offer there?