This is why I left embedded unfortunately. The other commenter speaking of specializations as key to a more lucrative career is spot on though. I would have lov

This is why I left embedded unfortunately. The other commenter speaking of specializations as key to a more lucrative career is spot on though. I would have loved to have specialized in a subarea involving DSP but didn’t see much of an opening without even more school. And even then the open positions are few and required a lot of digging, and of course prior experience. Watching my colleagues with much easier software gigs get paid more and not be forced to fly to China on a moments notice made me realize I need to switch focus. I did really enjoy some projects I had the opportunity to work on and have no regrets. But I do miss looking at schematics as part debugging.