Only if you’re looking for top dollar when you graduate. Which unfortunately a lot of people are. It makes sense, most people pick this field for the salary and

Only if you’re looking for top dollar when you graduate. Which unfortunately a lot of people are. It makes sense, most people pick this field for the salary and not out of passion (like the vast majority of professions). But if you take a couple C/assembly/systems electives, look for internships at hardware companies, build a couple of toy projects on the side, and graduate with even a modicum of embedded experience, there will be companies that will hire you, pretty much guaranteed. You won’t be making 250k out of the gate, but you should still be making a more-than-livable salary (and frequently in a lower cost of living area than, say, the Bay), and if you pick companies correctly, you can be working with and learning from some truly genius engineers. The pipeline’s there, it’s just not attractive (read: $$$$$$$) enough to pull in most people in the industry.