>> "It can be very hard to hire good embedded developers (I know, we are trying)"
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>> "Yes, the pay isn't as good for some reason"
Don't these seem related to anyone?
I'm not an expert on business or anything, but maybe the reason companies are having trouble finding people to work embedded jobs is they aren't willing to pay them enough?
>> "Perhaps embedded developers as a group are poor negotiators."
I don't know of a better negotiation tactic than just going to do something else you can also do that pays better (a lot of people I know with deep embedded skills are doing higher level mobile app work these days for exactly this reason) because the industry has some weird preconceived notion of what you are worth...? "Fuck you, pay me".
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>> "Yes, the pay isn't as good for some reason"
Don't these seem related to anyone?
I'm not an expert on business or anything, but maybe the reason companies are having trouble finding people to work embedded jobs is they aren't willing to pay them enough?
>> "Perhaps embedded developers as a group are poor negotiators."
I don't know of a better negotiation tactic than just going to do something else you can also do that pays better (a lot of people I know with deep embedded skills are doing higher level mobile app work these days for exactly this reason) because the industry has some weird preconceived notion of what you are worth...? "Fuck you, pay me".