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What was the company? Sounds cool!

• ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
  I don't usually mention the name in public, but it is one of the top Japanese camera manufacturers (Starts with "N"). They weren't always peaceful, though. Their Nishi-Oi factory had a rail and mount system for submarine periscopes.
  • turnsout 1y ago
    Oh, very cool! I’m also a photographer, so that sounds like a dream job. Any advice on breaking into this space as a software developer?
    • ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
      Many of the top manufacturers are non-American, and have a very "staid" corporate culture. The best are German or Japanese, so learning about those cultures is helpful. In my case, I had done a lot of "extracurricular" learning and work, which was attractive to the people that interviewed me. Like I said in another post, on another thread, I have always enjoyed doing tech, and spend most of my free time, working on software. I also come from a hardware background. My experience in connecting software to hardware was important. I should mention that most hardware companies treat software rather casually. I hope that's starting to change. The job market, these days, is drastically different from what it was, but I suspect that these companies may be more "traditional" than a lot of tech companies.
      • turnsout 1y ago
        That is all very helpful—thank you! And your comment about how hardware companies approach software 100% matches what I've observed in consulting. The idea of combining my love of photography and my software skillset at a more traditional company is actually very appealing to me at the moment. Thanks for the inspiration!
        • ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
          I wish you the very best. Photography, video, and image processing are all very exciting fields, right now.