I'm a radio technician, not a hardware or software engineer. Most of our customers are things like water/wastewater districts, utility companies and assorted st

I'm a radio technician, not a hardware or software engineer. Most of our customers are things like water/wastewater districts, utility companies and assorted state and federal government projects (people who can afford $1000 radios and need them to be rock solid for 10+ years). Its not all super exciting work, but we do get the chance to work on some pretty interesting stuff on occasion, and designing radio networks can be pretty rewarding. Agree with you on the lack of protocol compatibility - I think its seen as an competitive moat of sorts, but it can make it difficult to get into existing systems due to the need to essentially rip and replace existing systems. Unfortunately, vendors are also terrible at being compatible with their own legacy products due to the use of fixed function chipsets, although that is changing with the move to SDR. My email is in my profile if you want to reach out.