throwaway777836

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   by throwaway777836 10y ago

   Are you me? Honestly, that all sums it up even better. In an embedded role, you are always a second class citizen. After 6-12 months of planning by the hardware folks: "The hardware is all done. Where's the software? What do you m
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   by throwaway777836 10y ago

   Because those companies, and their mindsets, represent a fraction of all software jobs. The performance improvements that come from having good systems programmers appeal to only a small subset of companies. Even if the opportunity is there
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   by throwaway777836 10y ago

   As an embedded programmer, I wholeheartedly second this. I'm in an area where there are relatively few opportunities to do close to the metal work. The ones that do, don't pay any more than backend web developers make. In fact I&#