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Developer time is expensive. Embedded guys aren't as cheap as python/javascript programmers. If you can grab an off-the-shelf solution that, say, already runs
by 01100011 8y ago
Developer time is expensive. Embedded guys aren't as cheap as python/javascript programmers. If you can grab an off-the-shelf solution that, say, already runs android, you can pay a high-school graduate to whip up an android app and have your embedded product on the market for less time and money.
That said, as an embedded developer, I think there are a lot of bad products thanks to this mentality. But it is the future and it's one reason I try to keep my skill set up to date.
- MrBuddyCasino 8y ago> Embedded guys aren't as cheap as python/javascript programmers Not sure this is true. It should be the case, but afaik the salary polls don’t support that.
- 01100011 8y agoDepends on the area and lots of factors. I only know that in San Diego I had to take a job for low 140's as an embedded guy and I could have leveraged by Django experience to make over 10k more if I wanted to pigeonhole myself as a Django guy. I'm regularly tempted to go into devops because the job is generally easy and the pay seems to be pushing 200k around here.