nalydmerc

As an EE/firmware engineer working in the field, don't listen to the naysayers. Just because it's not some 10 layer RF board doesn't mean it's not a rewarding project and a worthwhile product. For the record, the products we design and assemble in-house are only 4 layer boards, and our business is doing just fine.There's too much elitism in engineering. I think the article is awesome; you found out a lot of pain points that I deal with regularly. The only nitpick I have is that I wish more people were on the side of open source hardware than patents.

Hi, one man band here doing firmware at a small company. Could you elaborate on any particular skills, or tips for this sort of thing? Right now I'm trying to learn how to integrate unit tests into our newer/future projects, and setting up a Jenkins server for builds. I'm learning a lot, but it's difficult since I'm the only guy that understands firmware at my company, and these are fairly large projects to take on as a single person when there are other things I need to be managing.