http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/19/technology/ashley-madison-search/index.html

Good luck to you folks relocating to the Bay Area. I think the hammer is going to fall in a few months. Not just Q problem. It's a tech stalling problem.

https://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2013/former-president-of-qualcomms-global-business-operations-indicted-for-insider-trading

https://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2015/qualcomm-sales-director-admits-insider-trading

1 month + 2 week per year pay (rounded down, 2 years 11 months is 2 years). $1800 for health issuance, and free resume writing classes.

RIP

thinking of leaving tech for good and opening a chain of 7/11. who else wants in?

Investigating how descrete principles of neural information processing may be able to improve future of computing

I have a friend, he's a "Principal Engineer/Mgr", brags a lot. What kind of work do folks like this do? My friend sounds like he's running the f*ing place and gets paid millions? Is that true?

If late September is when we get notified, the current deal is that we then have to work 60 more days, our November RSUs vest and then get 60 days severance plus 2 weeks for every year worked? Is this what everybody is hearing?

Can we access Lynda out of Q network

I'm in a downward spiral of depression. I can't function in an environment where layoffs are the only thing on my mind. I regret going into hardware feeling like it wasn't worth the effort. Poof. It's gone. You're worth nothing. F***. This sucks.

http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/081915/qualcomm-sells-its-uk-spectrum-vodafone-qcom-eric-vod.aspx?partner=YahooSA Qualcomm speculates in the spectrum market. It's a nice place to be a speculator if your friends in government will allow you... — read more 

The Q layoff is just a precursor to a more general cooling of tech that is going to happen soon. China is in a tailspin, americans are tapped out (still), europe is a mess, the dollar versus other currencies is getting stronger (and as such making... — read more 

What do we know?

One impacted VP Sudeepto now a senior director... A step not upwards

The role of Director is really odd here. It does not require management skill and its a glorified title for engineers that want more money and benefits that come with higher titles. Directors at other similar companies are really good at managing... — read more 

All posts were deleted, someone spent a ton of time creating all that conent

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/18/home-prices-corelogic-july/

I haven't bothered looking for a job or even thinking about getting laid off myself. But, should I be concerned or worried about layoffs in San Jose (Atheros)?

apartments on campus for walk to work. Gym is already in the building. Or condos?

https://www.thelayoff.com/qualcomm/post/4776208401170432

Some software guys might get jobs locally in San Diego, others will have to move. Good luck renting out your slums, landlords.

Software Guy-->San Diego, Bay Area, or pretty much anywhere where women look ok at the tradeoff less money Hardware/RF/Guy -->Austin/Dallas: land of fat chicks PM/Manager/HR -> Las Vegas

Prior to being at the Q, as a Q-nerd, chances are you weren't able to get laid before your career. And now, that you're soon going to be unemployed with no job, you definitely aren't going to get laid now either. And if you need to relocate to the... — read more 

old, it just means that they can no longer afford you.... If, on the other hand, you get laid off from the Q and you are a young inexpensive millenial, it just means your skills really suck...

When old timers at the Q get laid off, we retire, after milky decades on the stock option bandwagon and living off of passive income. When millenials get laid off, they have to relocate to high cost Bay Area and pay 40-50+% in rent, and live in an... — read more 

...scientific research, electronics manufacturing and other technology occupations, according to data complied by the EDC.

based on data from the Employment Development Department

The latest news from Amazon sound a lot like life in QCT "in the past", don't you think? I'm glad someone finally airs out the tech industry 'dirty laundry'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzT10MSgKtU

Drudge linked to this UT story...... http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/17/Qualcomm-broadcom-nokia-layoffs-foreign-workers/