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Apple Adding 1,200 New Jobs in San Diego at Upcoming Engineering Hub
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Hopefully, the new engineers won't venture down to Hob Knob Hill for breakfast: I don't need more competition for parking spots when I visit.
It seems like Apple is feeling the heat from Samsung's unbelieveable product line. The new Samsung phone DESTROYS the iPhone’s A chip. Johny Srouji is finished. Game over. I highly doubt any of Apple’s stupid innovations like APFS, T2, W1 will stand against Samsung. Samsung is literally building the future with the Fold. The iWatch ain’t it. It’s a gimmick, and NO, it has not saved any lives. NO.
Hopefully, they will be hired based on ability and experience (i.e. they are hiring the best and not based on a quota).
Sounds like Apple has made an internal commitment to build their own modem chips - now its time to get the expertise from the best in the business.
If that's what Apple is doing then this looks like a good plan.
I just burst out laughing reading that - it's just rediculous. Apple doesn't have to worry about Samsung - they weren't stealing Apple's sales cause Sammy's sales were down drastically year over year as well. The world smartphone market peaked in 2016 and nearly all of Apple's decreases last year were in China (not from Sammy phone sales). Sammy has to worry about the Chinese who are stealing its sales. You must be getting paid to go to a Mac / Apple site and write this stuff, right?
If that's what Apple is doing then this looks like a good plan.
I just burst out laughing reading that - it's just rediculous. Apple doesn't have to worry about Samsung - they weren't stealing Apple's sales cause Sammy's sales were down drastically year over year as well. The world smartphone market peaked in 2016 and nearly all of Apple's decreases last year were in China (not from Sammy phone sales). Sammy has to worry about the Chinese who are stealing its sales. You must be getting paid to go to a Mac / Apple site and write this stuff, right?
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$266 billion in revenue in 2018 off the current products and services. They’ll be fine.
I’m pretty sure this is going to be Apple’s new Modem research facility. Pretty easy conclusion considering they are setting up shop on Qualcomm’s doorstep...
Seems Apple has a decent track history of a recruitment staging process, where they really do try to find some more suitable/experienced employees for ‘said’ positions. What I think happens long term, sometimes the workload can be great for these employees working under Apples pressure and stringent policies, where they turn either ‘burn out’ or migrate somewhere else that has a less stressful environment.
If the idea is to poach QC employees, it is better to fish and land them in the same place. The cost of them all moving to a different part of California will be expensive, housing market. The disruption of schooling for the family will be near zero, same with the jobs of the spouses.
Overall, cheaper for Apple to do the poaching at QC's home, the bonus being doing it at their backyard! Sweet.
Pencil pusher got pushed into a corner
- reaction!They'll also be doing animojis. Together with another couple thousands in Cupertino. Animojis are complex technology with 3d animations calculated in real time and only made possible through the latest in infrared facial recognition blockchain AI.
9 women can't make a baby in 1 month. Apple should have hired more workers long time ago.
The building next door doesn’t seem big enough. But then the lot next to it just had a building demolished so there would be room for expansion.
Where do the electrical engineers, VLSI designers, etc. in Atlanta work? Last I checked, the big pools of those workers were Silicon Valley, Austin, San Diego, and the boston outskirts, with a small pool floating around Rochester Minnesota.
Apple has been working on their own modem chipsets…. it's not a secret they they want to wean away from Qualcomm and Intel. The hiring of former QC employees is also telling.
I bet almost 0% of those jobs will be for new grads/entry level. Just everyone fighting for the same group of people
If they finally came up with one in the original striped Apple logo colors, it’d be worth the effort.
I live in San Diego, Qualcomm is huge here. This for sure is a shot at them by Apple.
A lot of these engineers probably don't want to move and there are a lot of talent available here for that kind of work. Smart move IMO.
A lot of these engineers probably don't want to move and there are a lot of talent available here for that kind of work. Smart move IMO.
