> Impossibly tight deadlines, unrealistic schedules, and constant pressure to develop and release applications on time, while at the same time achieving excelle

> Impossibly tight deadlines, unrealistic schedules, and constant pressure to develop and release applications on time, while at the same time achieving excellent quality. Sound familiar? I can understand that this article, being an Ad for this company called "Mender", they try to generate "urgency" focusing on software. I didn't feel that any of the points touched in the article were for embedded applications; just high-level stuff that runs on an embedded platform with a fully working OS/kernel; Applications at that level can be written in Go, Java, Xamaring, Python, etc. I was never rushed to finish a final product (in my 20 years of embedded firmware/BSP development). And I've never see it happen to my colleagues. Perhaps to some high level, Android/Java/Xamarin application developer (but I don't consider these to be fully "embedded applications"). Or we might have been rushed to finish a "hacked-together" demo, but hey, it's a demo and may be broken by design. Also some areas of embedded are dangerous and can cause real harm to people and property, so there is no rushing there as there may be in other software areas/industries. Many, if not most, embedded applications go through some kind of certification. This can take a while. And there are other internal tests we do, like climatic chamber, burn-in, mechanical, etc. Embedded doesn't limit to software, and it's rarely a one-man-team.