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>software companies don’t have the hardware capabilities, and vice versa Nobody stops a hardware company to hire software developers. The other way around woul
by DeathArrow 3y ago
>software companies don’t have the hardware capabilities, and vice versa
Nobody stops a hardware company to hire software developers. The other way around would be harder.
- zepmck 3y agoSoftware developers, especially for certain type of components, e.g. compilers, are NOT easy to find out.
- dist-epoch 3y agoThere's no such thing as hard to find. Only "I don't want to pay what they ask". Which is weird for a hardware company since you don't need that many and you only write the driver once, but you sell it with millions of devices.
- pjmlp 3y agoThey can start on GCC and LLVM mailing lists.
- amelius 3y agoWriting VHDL/Verilog is much like writing software, however.
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- zgluck 3y agoHardware companies often find it very hard to competently build software. They tend to lack appreciation/understanding of software in the first place (hardware-first thinking) leading to underinvestments. It's also hard for them to identify great software people - at all levels, starting from the CEO/board.