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May I ask what was your background and how you managed the move? Also did you need to take a paycut? I was once in embedded (around a decade ago) and jobs were
by rafiki6 4y ago
May I ask what was your background and how you managed the move? Also did you need to take a paycut? I was once in embedded (around a decade ago) and jobs were scarce and not interesting. Shifted to SWE simply due to massive wage differences. Once I'm financially comfortable, I would like to shift back to embedded. I have a EE background but only some early career experience in embedded so would likely fail interviews right now.
- allo37 4y agoI had worked in embedded a bit at my first job out of university, then took a job doing mostly modern C++ but also Android/IOS/.NET development for over 3 years. I realized that I missed embedded and wasn't super fond of "software" for the reasons outlined above, and ended up where I am now. I actually got a small pay increase compared to my previous role! I don't think my salary really compares to what I read about on here (like, I think your average HNer easily makes 2x what I did/do based on the posts I've read) though, so take from that what you will.