Do you feel the older people are hold Qualcomm from growing or being innovative? It seems my boss is terrified I am going to replace him and always tries to steal my ideas as his own or hold any younger person from advancing….. I feel Qualcomm has went from an innovative company to a company that is desperately trying to hold on…. Any thoughts?
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At age 30 everyone should go on carousel to renew!
You obviously don’t know Qualcomm history… the first major money maker for Qualcomm was tracking big rig 🚛 trucks and the CDMA technology evolved when more cofounders joined the group anything else would just be fantasy…. Most of the ip on Qualcomm’s chips have been purchased or we are paying royalties to use them - so it isn’t Qualcomm to begin with…. So Qualcomm has stayed in business by taking what others have and using it in their outdated business model…. Just think of Qualcomm could get royalties every time a video game card is being used…. Nvidia lawyers couldn’t pull it off but Qualcomm has the best lawyers in the business and probably could… Qualcomm lawyers have stop mergers, keeps thousands of 2nd rate engineer employed and saved the SD economy from collapse….
Umm.. Qualcomm buying Nvidia would most likely resemble Intel buying the wireless front end IP that used to be Siemens and after Apple tried to keep their lead, How well did that work out?
Nvidia is successful because they have almost nothing to do with the dysfunction of Qualcomm or Broadcom or the southern half of California and to claim otherwise is pure fantasy.
Don’t forget Nvidia bought the British company Icera who never could compete and would never develop their own ZIF tech then try to sue Qualcomm on antitrust grounds, The 2015 surface tablet had an alarming number of SAW filters in it and the only Us carrier was AT&T. Exhibit A right there.
Every time Qualcomm can’t stay in their own lane, billions are gathered up and set on fire then layoffs happen.
move on already. You are a modem developer. Be best at that.
It’s sad but true… Qualcomm had the opportunity to buy Nvidia but turned it down… thought it was a d-mb buy! Now it looks like when blockbuster refused to buy Netflix…. Bc the old wise people who haven’t invented a new product in 15 years new better!
Saying that older generation hasn’t innovated or made a new product is not prejudiced ITS FACT! Look at Nvidia’s stock and look at Qualcomm’s stock the last 5 years! According to you Nvidia is prejudiced! Or maybe your just a “woke” id--t and it’s people like you that will make Nvidia stock skyrocket and Qualcomm lawyers remain the most valuable asset over the next 10 years as well!
It’s all depending on good managers, but luckily they fired all of them, so good luck, you will need it
This is a form of prejudice, I would be careful. That being said, I agree younger generation brings innovation, but older generation brings experience and history. The higher levels should rightfully be older so historical mistakes are not repeated. A good manager would be mentoring the youngers in process but allow them the freedom to innovate.
"It's not uncommon to see Directors and high level managers at FANG companies in their 20s, at QC it's almost unheard of."
Umm.. No. You're generalizing between hardware, chips, software, and something like QA.
In hardware, I would never promote to manager who doesn't have at least one grey hair from lessons learned.
Software or QA? I can see flexibility if I see someone with a gift for leading a team without making everyone hate him. Not my jam.
Rarely do you see managers and executives with less than 10 years in the company. This means the decision makers are for the most part out of touch. The guys who developed 1xrtt are the ones in charge of IOT and NR. That's a big problem.
It's not uncommon to see Directors and high level managers at FANG companies in their 20s, at QC it's almost unheard of.
That is Q culture man! You know that! If you want to live forever in Qualcomm with good at politics, so be it! Best luck you have a good manager because they already fired all of them no matter which locations you are at
Qualcomm is viewed as a looser company in Silicon Valley. It’s a company that builds a commodity product and hasn’t produced a new product since 3G(CDMA)… the company is holding on as lawyers have made more money for Qualcomm than any engineer has over the past 15 years… So everyone at Qualcomm is seen as a looser in the tech community…. But there is nothing wrong with that as everyone cannot stay innovative forever
You’re expecting a tier-1 to be any different?
You learn what you can, then you leave for a startup where you can try and fail without anyone older and wiser to mutter “we tried that. Didn’t work, you shouldn’t want to do that” under their breath.
But if your manager is totally in over his head, you really do need to go elsewhere before the next pandemic…
You're probably just a just a loser