I know there are a lot of smart, talented people on this board. Hopefully I can get replies from you guys instead of flames or spam. I am a hardware engineer at Q, and I have interest in learning software. I am wondering if any of you have advice on... — read more 

assume I'm impacted on mid Sept. Can I directly go away with 2month+1weeks/year pkg?

Several years ago, Q employees did an it gets better video for the LGBT Trevor project: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3N-xHIf4MI8 It's about time we did another one for our best employees to let them know the end is not near, and there are bright days... — read more 

It's not looking good boys..... http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/12/intel-modems-may-be-in-up-to-half-of-next-gen-iphone-shipments-analyst-estimates

http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/qcom/insider-trades Does that mean Murthy and Cristiano only hold 720 and 820 QCOM shares? Hope it's not true.

AND THEY DON'T NEED Q ANYMORE. BASICALLY, Q WILL LAY OFF MORE USELESS ENGINEERS BY THE END OF NEXT EARNING REPORTS. THE MANAGEMENT WILL STAY STRONG AND TAKE OVER ENGINEERS' WORKS. THAT'S THE PLAN

http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/10/iphones-will-ship-with-intel-lte-chips-inside-in-2016/

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-u-stocks-avoid-chinas-214009768.html

First of all if you have a problem with your Sr. Director and above, it is best not to confront him or her or raise the issue to HR. Human resources will not take your side. If you have a problem with a director or below, you might have a better... — read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARNReport-for-7-1-2015-to-08-10-2015.pdf

We all know how hard it is to be an exec at a company like QC. Especially during these hard times of economic uncertainty, layoff and lack of innovation. Our execs care so much about making sure that the company gets back on track and that the... — read more 

Yup, I'd say it's going to be even a tougher next quarter...Not just for Q but every semi company counting on overseas business....51% of revenue from China, that's just wth the Q.... Wack 2% off just on currency fluctuations.

2 more months of employment. Severance: an extra 2 months plus 2 week per year served. Get to vest november RSU's Some extra cash to cover cobra. But you cannot volunteer!

The Japanese takes out his digital camera and proudly exclaims, in my country we make so many of these digital cameras, that we don't need them...And throws is brand new DSLR camera out the window....The korean, not to be outdone by the Japanese... — read more 

I think they are on to something there...

Glassdoor ratings are now an unmitigated disaster. I've watched the CEO approval rating tick down since about 82% -- now it's at 70% and seemingly accelerating downward. BTW, Tim Cook over in FruitCo is humming along at 95%. Our "Positive Business... — read more 

This time maybe severe along with Europe

Will it make up for 10%..............

Hr gets a month.

Looks like QC situation is somewhat similar to Google's as in "pet projects" sense.. http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/googles-new-alphabetical-order "It’s possible that investors are as enthused as Page and Brin about the prospects for... — read more 

A lot of frankly melodramatic language has been used to describe me through history. Scourge, ghoul, night-bringer, despoiler, blah blah blah (blah! I vant to -- nevermind.) 100 years ago I despised the emergence of mass-market pop culture because... — read more 

I remember when Tencent, owner of the chinese web portal and microblog "WeiXin", offered shares of WeiXin not tied to the Tencent parent company, the parent company's stock tanked and the common shareholder was left holding the bag while everyone... — read more 

Today my wife got a letter from qualcomm HR, duly signed by some Pu.. Jo.. inviting me and my wife for EAP programme!!! WTF, we are already stressed out due to impending layoff's, family life is strained coz we come home only to open our laptop and... — read more 

Do you think our idiotic PMs and PEs use the word 'blocked' too often? Are they all constipated?

Started my new job yesterday, and it was good. Positive energy from everyone around. Everyone is busy, but in a good way. No competing team overseas, very sharp people. Efficiently scaled management team and relatively flat structure. Excellent work... — read more 

It just devalued it's currency....That's going to be really really itneresting for a company like the Q that gets 51% of it's revenue from there. Can you say lowered earnings next quarter?

If anyone from IT is reading this board, can you help check how many people are checking this board and for how long per day? It'd be interesting to compute the number of man hours are spent on this board and compare that to the shortfalls shown by... — read more 

A bit of wishful thinking - here is what I want to have in the BCG consulting findings: 1) Professional engineers don't need two bosses. This could save significant money by eliminating redundancy. 2) Engineers waste far too much time in meetings... — read more 

As part of the QCA acquisition, I received ~$120K worth (at time of grant, vesting over 3 yrs) of RSUs as part of a retention package and have essentially been in a rest and vest mode. I handle issues whenever there are escalations, but that's it... — read more 

Criteria has been finalized for cuts - 1. First name contains letter 'I' 2. Favorite color is blue 3. Prefers decaffeinated coffee 4. You are more qualified then your boss. There is a few dozen more criteria published but I would like not to list... — read more 

Thanks to the program management office under the direction of S this can be as simple as supporting a particular FEM or some other variation of a board. If you can't fudge numbers that are comprehensible from the comfort of our current position (ie... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ4a0vW0Y1o

"Now Harry... I'll be honest with you. The board is incredibly impressed with your experience. Your portfolio speaks loud and clear, your outstanding business sense is common knowledge, and you're one of the most down to earth candidates we've ever... — read more 

Runnin' through the 6 with my woes Countin' money you know how it goes Pray the real live forever man Pray the fakes get exposed I want that Ferrari then I swerve I want that Bugatti just to hurt I ain't rockin' my jewelry that's on purpose Niggas... — read more