>>55108959
>tfw I'd like to get into systems/embedded
>every company wants 3+ years of experience
>those that don't are 100 miles away
why life

>>55108959
How's a text editor system software?

>>55108995
what sort of things is an embedded systems engineer expected to do/know?
I'm doing an embedded systems subject at uni which I really like but I've screwed it up by neglecting it to focus on my thesis which I didn't even put enough work into anyway

>>55109111
C.
That's it.
But you gotta be a master at C

>>55110903
C is a very simple language

>>55111003
that you don't know by now; how can you be so fucking stupid gee?

>>55109111
electronics, vhdl, C.
You should also know what to do without an OS and with one, and how and when to make your own.

No, it's not a comfy career, it's a walk through Hell itself while wearing only a chastity belt made of sand paper.

http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thenightwatch.pdf related.

>>55113096
I'm way too lazy to actually read that. Tldr?

>>55113293
Just read it, it's 4 pages and it's pretty funny.