Great place to land your first job - Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

5.0
Mar 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-Fantastic insurance policy -Great half-year review cycle w/ pay raise -Great location (San Diego) -Pretty decent salary -People are really smart Didn't know what to expect going into Qualcomm right out of college but I couldn't have asked for a better first job experience. I had a lot of control on how I wanted to implement the tasks I was assigned (language, frameworks, etc) and also received a lot of help from my peers when I was stuck.

Cons

-Same routine every day made work stale pretty quickly Work got a little too "comfortable" (which makes me feel crazy to write in the 'Cons' section) but I wanted to take advantage of my early 20s and experience the crazy rollercoaster world of startups.

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

Competitive Pay and good team

Cons

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4.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great design team. Learn a lot in the project. Great resources for self motivated technical improvement.

Cons

Big wave of talented engineers leaving in some critical departments. CEO lacks responsibility on the company development. CEO and CFO have been selling their stocks a lot every year.

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