Message from @Tendril
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So they're more often than not on something with better signal to noise ratio
Working on software was really easy compared to my coleagues when I was an intern.
You should definitely get into electronics as a hobby
But I wouldn't necessarily recommend it as a job; maybe high level design or really cool stuff like uC design at intel
I remember one intern who didn't stopped fucking up one day long, a shitload of components burned. It really wasn't his day.
or even Analog Devices
I'd love to work at AD
What's up with that ?
they're such a proficient and comfy corporation that doesn't give a fuck about shareholders
How did he burn stuff
Overvolted the board?
I have no idea, I just saw a load of burned components.
That sucks but that's why you have plenty of spares, unless that was some expensive on-off prototype
>hardware for fun
[CHOKING NOISES IN THE DISTANCE]
One-off prototyping is bad tho
Some things can only be done in hardware though
Yeah, he got a lot of spares anyway, but he didn't liked to break many things.
They're getting to be a thin crowd but they exist heh
Doing something to pay your bills doesn't necessitate doing it for fun.
yeah, but i'm still at uni doing CompEng
I could go either way in my area
Yeah no legit; when kids ask me if they should get into hardware I generally tell them to get good with software instead. Save the hardware stuff for building hobby drones or whatever.
Yeah, I agree.
I know more than one old man who has jumped the fence for greener pastures, myself included
It's a lot more fun as a hobby.
I think a programmer should know a little bit of hardware at least.
If you're a masochist you can write verilog for high frequency trading firms and make a shitton heh
You're still into hardware then, *kinda*
I took one class with FPGA design on VHDL
Or work in medical decices
I hated it
Devices
Verilog is a little better
Not that much
yeah, it was suppose to teach you the basics to design your own logic gates and make a mux
really bad teacher
that would kill it yea. Most people use fpgas for glue logic anyways, which makes sense I guess. Pair a big fast chip with a bunch of programmable logic
yeah, I used a spartan for another project almost drag and dropping example code