Would you consider a more hybrid approach? Embedded development gives you a bit of both worlds. Mostly in C/C++, but you write code that interacts with and directly controls hardware.
This! I joined a startup doing embedded work for robotics and it's a lot of fun. I love seeing things move because of the code I've written, and it really stretches your mind because you have to work in software, mechanics, EE, and CE. You end up learning a ton because of all the different challenges you have to work through.
yeah well. most firmware engineers I know still mostly do coding. in bigger firms, electrical engineers usually do hw and then throw that stuff over the wall
