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And embedded Linux! I’ve had a hell of a time finding good embedded Linux devs. I got insanely lucky to hire two this year.

ab71e5 11mo ago
What are you looking for? Yocto experience? Experience writing drivers? C/Rust/C++? Hardware / FPGA experience as well?
eikenberry 11mo ago
I have been doing backend/infrastructure coding for years and have been thinking about trying embedded work but am unsure how to break into that area. Curious if you (your industry) would be interested in someone with a lot of Linux/systems experience but not in the embedded space?
- azzentys 11mo ago
  I'd start from this - https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-embedded-linux-development https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-embedded-l... I studied under him at the university. He's also active in open source communities around embedded space.
  - eikenberry 11mo ago
    Thanks!
pabs3 11mo ago
Is embedded Linux that different to regular Linux? Edit: I mean, Vizio TVs literally run systemd.
- azzentys 11mo ago
  A lot of work here is working on vendor provided BSP (which can range from esoteric mix of ancient kernels/bootloaders to top-quality community maintained mainline kernels) to work on your custom board/product.
  - pabs3 11mo ago
    So Linux kernel config/building/patching?
    - afr0ck 11mo ago
      Linux kernel + bootloaders + firmware The Linux kernel side is mostly device trees, device drivers and the like. u-boot is very famous as a bootloader in the embedded space Firmware for board bring up and devices
- cushychicken 11mo ago
  It’s the “embedded” part that people struggle with. I can find systemd script gremlins all the live long day. I can’t find anyone who can write device drivers for custom peripherals, then hook them to user space utilities in a sane way.
  - pabs3 11mo ago
    The the hackaday community might be a good place to train/find such people, although the are more focused on non-Linux bare-metal code I expect. I guess you are aware of the consulting companies in this space? Baylibre and Denx (now NABLA) come to mind. Probably more Linux embedded companies on the FOSSjobs wiki. Looking at people/companies contributing to related areas of the Linux codebase is another option. https://baylibre.com/ https://baylibre.com/ https://nabladev.com/ https://nabladev.com/ https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/Resources#employment https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/Resources#employme...
the_biot 11mo ago
I've had a hell of a time getting into embedded linux professionally. I don't have that specific job experience on my resume, but lots of related open source work, writings, kernel work etc -- I can do this, I just can't prove it very well. What would you recommend I do? Looking for any more devs?
- pabs3 11mo ago
  Isn't linking to commits enough to prove it?

ab71e5 11mo ago

What are you looking for? Yocto experience? Experience writing drivers? C/Rust/C++? Hardware / FPGA experience as well?

eikenberry 11mo ago

I have been doing backend/infrastructure coding for years and have been thinking about trying embedded work but am unsure how to break into that area. Curious if you (your industry) would be interested in someone with a lot of Linux/systems experience but not in the embedded space?

azzentys 11mo ago
I'd start from this - https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-embedded-linux-development https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-embedded-l... I studied under him at the university. He's also active in open source communities around embedded space.
- eikenberry 11mo ago
  Thanks!

pabs3 11mo ago

Is embedded Linux that different to regular Linux? Edit: I mean, Vizio TVs literally run systemd.

azzentys 11mo ago
A lot of work here is working on vendor provided BSP (which can range from esoteric mix of ancient kernels/bootloaders to top-quality community maintained mainline kernels) to work on your custom board/product.
- pabs3 11mo ago
  So Linux kernel config/building/patching?
  - afr0ck 11mo ago
    Linux kernel + bootloaders + firmware The Linux kernel side is mostly device trees, device drivers and the like. u-boot is very famous as a bootloader in the embedded space Firmware for board bring up and devices
cushychicken 11mo ago
It’s the “embedded” part that people struggle with. I can find systemd script gremlins all the live long day. I can’t find anyone who can write device drivers for custom peripherals, then hook them to user space utilities in a sane way.
- pabs3 11mo ago
  The the hackaday community might be a good place to train/find such people, although the are more focused on non-Linux bare-metal code I expect. I guess you are aware of the consulting companies in this space? Baylibre and Denx (now NABLA) come to mind. Probably more Linux embedded companies on the FOSSjobs wiki. Looking at people/companies contributing to related areas of the Linux codebase is another option. https://baylibre.com/ https://baylibre.com/ https://nabladev.com/ https://nabladev.com/ https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/Resources#employment https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/Resources#employme...

the_biot 11mo ago

I've had a hell of a time getting into embedded linux professionally. I don't have that specific job experience on my resume, but lots of related open source work, writings, kernel work etc -- I can do this, I just can't prove it very well. What would you recommend I do? Looking for any more devs?

pabs3 11mo ago
Isn't linking to commits enough to prove it?