> I'm surprised that the author equated embedded programming with IDEs! I think it depends how you get into it. I came to it from a hobbyist background, so usi

> I'm surprised that the author equated embedded programming with IDEs! I think it depends how you get into it. I came to it from a hobbyist background, so using gcc and Makefiles was natural. But people coming from a commercial background will have had a variety of terrible IDEs inflicted upon them.