I recently switched from being a more general "software" dev to an embedded systems dev. Despite the fact that I'm using mostly C, I find everything much easier

I recently switched from being a more general "software" dev to an embedded systems dev. Despite the fact that I'm using mostly C, I find everything much easier in general. There are so many less layers of abstraction and "magic" to dig through that at I can always figure out what's going on easily enough. I think this article hits the nail on the head.