>why it is less accessible than software engineering Having experience in both, and started at rather young age (pre-teens both) - the hurdle is the "magic smo

>why it is less accessible than software engineering Having experience in both, and started at rather young age (pre-teens both) - the hurdle is the "magic smoke" (that all electronics devices work with). Mistakes are very punishable with components and power supplies blowing up, while software mistake are extremely forgiving... unless you work on an 8bit 6502 that doesn't have properly implemented RST signal and cold restarts the entire machine instead, wiping off its memory, on top of lacking any permanent storage. Mistake and learning electronics costs resources and time each time, and it's a lot more frustrating. Also bread boards (nowadays) don't really need a soldering iron.