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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by ok_dad on Sunday April 21, 2024 @09:44PM (#40110810)
I write software systems to control devices in buildings in the context of energy savings, like hvac and charging cars, and also control attached distributed energy resources, like batteries or solar.
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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by fooker on Sunday April 21, 2024 @09:54PM (#40110849)
A friend started working in this space last year. It seems like the usual story here is smaller companies giving you lottery tickets in the form of pre-IPO options. And large established companies paying a bit below market rates.
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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by varjag on Monday April 22, 2024 @05:17AM (#40112640)
See when people say "tech" colloquially it means website and app developers, not us embedded dev hobos.
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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by sangnoir on Monday April 22, 2024 @03:50PM (#40118690)
Eh, embedded and sensor-fusion devs are making bank working at Waymo, or VR at Apple or Meta. It's less about the field itself and more about big-tech salary-leveling (and insane profits)
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