Re:Developer won’t get hit by a bus, they’ll get hired by Ne...
by dmoy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:05PM
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I have both interviewed and coached embedded software devs into positions at <FAANG company>.
You probably won't end up doing embedded work though, just as a point of warning. I mean you might, but probably not. As sibling poster alluded to, there are some jobs closer to that area, but more likely than not you'll end up on some other team doing something completely unrelated to embedded.
It doesn't have to be a permanent thing though -
It does not take too many years of $300-$400k compensation to make your future much more free to pursue what you want. If you do FAANG for 5-10 years while saving aggressively and can't take any more of it, then you can go back to working on embedded software for a third of the pay and have a huge buffer for retirement.
Re:Developer won’t get hit by a bus, they’ll get hired by Ne...
by smilekzs on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:25PM
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Or C++, which can be a great skill for an embedded dev to pivot into other fields, since almost all embedded devs work with C on a daily basis.
Re:Developer won’t get hit by a bus, they’ll get hired by Ne...
by bananaface on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:00PM
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Server optimization is huge business at Google and anywhere that burns an expensive amount of power. It can be incredibly lucrative, I'd look into it.
Man I'd happily take up one of those Google jobs, but being an embedded software guy, I'm not even sure what they'd want me for. It seems like a lot of silicon valley companies are a great place if you're a web dev, or use C#/Java all the time.