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Pay could be better, and hardware bugs can be frustrating, but I definitely respect embedded guys a lot. More than most generalist developers, in fact, due to t
by hiAndrewQuinn 2y ago
Pay could be better, and hardware bugs can be frustrating, but I definitely respect embedded guys a lot. More than most generalist developers, in fact, due to the atoms-adjacent nature of their work.
- jacknews 2y agoSure, but I mean that they are not so respected in the hierarchy within hardware companies, the way devs are in big tech, say.
- hiAndrewQuinn 2y agoAhhh, that makes much more sense to me. Dovetails a bit with the dick measuring contest folks in the hard sciences like to do about purity.