Who else is doing the same? Its great to be able to collect the qcom rest and vest welfare check. Even better than when I was at Motorola
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183021, you are clueless about the history of Qualcomm. In addition, you are clueless about the legal system. Until you know what you are doing, accept that your work is for Qualcomm.
Anonymous183016. And again that's where you are wrong. The IP isn't Q's. And frankly isn't directly mine. If you don't understand, never mind. How else do other companies get formed from people that worked at s previous company. Think about it. You ever wonder how Q came into existence from the other company L? Clearly you must work for HR. Oversimplified response of "no" to a very complex problem because you don't understand the details of what's involved yourself.. It figures.
@Anonymous182781, it wasn't about getting caught. it's that you acknowledge it's violating employment terms, and that the IP isn't yours. Which you have. Not sure why you got all defensive and condescending.
Err... I meant to say "or (2) you CAN just take it easy and work at the Q and do what your told," The funny part about all of this, despite my lack of care for my Q job, my managers actually perceive me positively. I get pretty good reviews. Why? Because I do the easy work that doesn't take up much time, yet no other people really want to do. So while my pay and comp is just like everyone else's package, my work hours are considerably better. And since I keep such a low profile about what else I do, no one is ever going to find out and even if they did, it's unlikely they are going to do anything about it, and even if they did, they would have to figure out a way to find me and find proof of what I'm doing. The reason why most people that try this will fail miserably is they end up pissing someone off for other reasons.
182796 for President
And I'll leave a lot of you idiots with this thought. The number of cutting edge projects at the Q that would be considered "cutting edge" from the perspective of the employers are limited. And if you want to work on those projects, you have to fight for them. You have two choices for working on those cutting edge technologies. (1)You can try to get on those projects at the Q, which require you to spend considerable amount of time bullshitting about how good you are (when you aren't), putting other people down, making others look incompetent, kissing ass, screwing others over, stepping over people, and backstabbing people who you think would get the project over you, and then (once you get that project) spend considerable unpaid overtime working on those cutting edge technologies.... or (2) you cant just take it easy and work at the Q and do what your told, doing the bare minimum to keep your manager/lead happy with by doing the least amount of work, get your paycheck, get your stock grants, enjoy the medical benefits (while it lasts), enjoy the gym, gym classes, and spend that extra time you have that you would have been using to kill yourself over a Q project that is "cutting edge" on your own side business and/or cutting edge technology that you want to learn, and get paid to do it. Besides the financial benefits for yourself to approach (2), who really is more adversarial/hostile to the Q work environment: someone that is doing (1) or someone that is doing (2)?
Notice how everytime you listen to some stupid doorknob from HR about what you should or shouldn't do, you are the one that ends up getting screwed? "Come talk to us if you have problems at work with unfairly being treated by you work"-----you end up getting PIPed or laidoff...." We want your valuable feedback to make this a better place to work"----- complain too much, difficult to work with, RIF candidate... "You can't buy derivatives like put options because that's illegal' --- watch your stock tank from 70ish down to 58ish...." You can't work on a side business because of a conflict of interest" ----ugh no, not every side business or work is a conflict of interest...."you should dedicate 100% if your time to the Q and what it tells you to do. Your career will be taken care of"------tell that to the people that were laidoff after years of service who were pigeon-holed into a menial task that is completely irrelevant to any other employer and who never made time on their own to keep current with technology that not even the Q is working on, but now unfortunately can't find a decent job now because they played everything by the book to the extent of the interpretation of some stupid person from HR with far less IQ than most engineers (they are in HR afterall), let alone have the IQ to understand or legal system.Simple minds. For simple people with simple IQ (HR) who work in a job role that I doubt even consists or working really 40hrs each week, let alone unpaid overtime that many of you idiots end up doing. And yet you nerds are the ones to be subsequently outsourced to a low cost region first. Meanwhile how many people from HR are going to be outsourced again?....And yet you idiots still think HR is your friend? Welcome to the real world. Some of us jranlearned this much earlier than you did elsewhere. because it always ends up being the same, regsrdless of who your employer is.
LMAO!
Hall of Fame nomination please
Anonymous182465. Well, now that you mention it. Yeah, I think I'm smarter than a lot of people. It's not like this is the first time I did this, and it's certainly not the last time. Only that this time, it's phone apps instead of the previous thing. I'd say there's a higher probability that the big company will go down in flames from bureaucracy than anything else. I mean, just look at the how screwed up the IT dept. Q can't even clean up that mess after years of mini-RIFs. Or what about the mini layoff in Corporate R&D that happened last year. All those people from Corp R&D that were laidoff ended up finding a job in QCT, so what layoff? Yeah, things are so disorganized, if you want to fly low under the radar, it's not that hard to do (unlike at a small company or startup). There's a bunch of people with "remote offices" that don't even show up for work regularly, but instead "work from home". Yeah, that "work from home" really means "not working for Q". And yet people have been doing that for years. Once Q gets their shit together and go after the low hanging fruit of waste, then maybe, just maybe they can focus on the higher hanging waste. Hey, don't hate the player, hate the game. It's funny when I did the same thing a Motorola a decade ago, people said the same thing. And guess what, Motorola folks that vehemently were horrified at what I was doing were subsequently RIFed first years before me. Actually, technically I was never RIFed at Motorola, because I quit after I found another place to park. The Q.
Gotta find my apps first. Then gotta find where my corp is (hint not in this country for tax reasons). And then got to find out who sits on the BOD and who is just an investor. And then gotta prove the work didn't already exist and that it was actually done by me. And so forth. Like I said
It think Q has better things to do.
@Anonymous182452, what do existing patents have to do with IP you produce while employed for Q that you are using to make money. Your first defense was that it is unrelated to Q biz. Now your defense is obscurity and that you have some arrangement that your ongoing IP development is wholly owned by your company.
182452 so you are implying that you planned this from the start?
Dam you are one arrogant SOB. Think you are too smart huh? We shall see.
Anonymous182447. Remember that sheet of paper that they asked you to fill out about existing work patents etc? Yeah, that sheet that most of you idiots leave blank and send it back to HR without thinking. Mine isn't empty nor did I write it alone. Try again. Harder.
everything you produce while employed at qcom, even in your free time, is property of qualcomm. read that damn contract.
Anonymous182362.
Amateurs. First they would have to find the apps that I wrote. And then they would have to find out the company that the apps were written under. And then they would have to find out who owns the company and that my name. And then even if they are to spend the time and resources and energy to do that, they would still have to prove that I spent time on my apps during Q business hours. Which is sort of hard to do if I am not using a Q computer and not using q's network to do it. I think our IT dept has better things to do. Like looking for pussy on Ashley Madison.
Anonymous182231, how is it not your problem or concern if q owns the IP you produce, which is up to them to determine conflict of interest.
- Are you for real? You sound like a space cadet looking for attention.
Anonymous182260. Temper temper. You seem to have an anger management issue. Maybe you should use our EAP program and get counseling and help. Lol. Meanwhile, I'll keep focusing on my own work and side income, while the rest of you continuing being good little lemmings. And then when the Q decided it wants to do another layoff, maybe they will pick you and me. At that point, you can desperately go search for a job.worrying about when your next paycheck comes from, while I relax and live off my my own side business. Let's see who ends up being better off. I think you already know the answer to that one, you just don't want to admit it. At such a large bureaucratic company like the Q, it really doesn't matter how hard or how much you work, as long as you get what you are asked done. And when they do layoffs, most of it is random luck. Afterall, I am sure many of those laidoff work a lot harder than me. And yet I am still employed. Go figure.
182177 you are a piece of shit to be working on your stupid own business on Q's time. It's people like you that give this country a bad name. You a re a selfish POS. I hope to hear about you on the news as the next road rage victim of gun violence.
Anonymous182207. Not my problem and not my concern.
Anonymous182177, cool! How long did it take q legal dept to approve?
For me, I bring my own computer to work with my own hotspot from my cell phone. I write and manage my own iOS and Android apps and publish them to iTunes and Google Play, something completely unrelated to anything Q works on. It generates decent money. It's not something I would feel comfortable quitting my my full time job at the Q right now. But hopefully, eventually, I'll get there.
OP has the right idea to get ahead. For one of my properties, I use it as short term rental since it's 2 blocks from the ocean in OB. So I spend some of my time managing it on AirBNB. When I get $400/day during peak months, it pretty much pays for the mortgage for that year, with cash left over. While it doesn't occupy 100% of my time, there are times that I need to go meet the new vacation renter/etc. Thankfully, I'm not too busy at the Q.
When you have Q corporate job, it's a must to have a business on the side; rest & vest in peace + other income = success
This post could be true or faked by the moron OP. Either way, OP needs some lead poisoning.
More power to you. Ya conniving bastard.
My boss manages his rental properties at work.
You can count that your company is on Qualcomm's acquisition radar for the price of you being fired and sued.
OP is a retard. Karma is a bitch asshole.
OP: Are you using the same business model as the SW engineer who got caught contracting his work to China?
Assuming it is not troll.troll.troll, when get fired and must repay damages and more, it will be fun. Besides owing money you do not have, you will not be employable.
Fag.g.ot loser OP
Is that you Steve M?
Who are you trolling exactly? Payroll? Corp r&d?
Its amazing what you can do with your own hotspot wireless and a VMware OS instance that has anl systrlem image for your personal side business use. Its like running your corp from with the Q corp