I can only speak for myself, but I’m in a group of ≈50 working on prime software R&D (as you term it) in a very trendy space in Dublin for a large multinational. I don’t want to say too much beyond that - and you’re probably right that it’s the exception rather than the rule - but it does exist.
Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
by danhanlon on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:17AM
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If you work where I think you work (Irish founded company, office is about as central as you can get in Dublin) it's a great example of the type of thing we need more of! I really do think it's the exception unfortunately, even within the other parts of the multinational here.
For the software side, what are those R&D departments actually working on? Would you really say it's R&D and product development? From what I can see, both from my own experience and from job posts, most of the engineering jobs are themselves operations related (SRE, infrastructure, customer support). I wasn't saying we don't have engineering roles in Ireland, but what we do have are not prime roles in terms of the companies products and services, and we should be looking to grow beyond facilitating company operations.