Message from @Rey
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The hardware guys screwed up wiring (though, to their credit, Better to fail in the lab than thousands of feet in the air)
We just got delayed
Company ate the cost of the delays
what were you guys building?
Airplane stuff
I figured
Yeah, better be careful with that stuff.
super secret stuff
better be careful with anything in general but welp. :^)
So my point is that pure software dudes generally have less stress and more free time on their hands during the work day
So they could lurk on the chans and /g/
The hardware guys do this stuff on the weekends for fun maybe
but hardware is much more fun
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
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
>stick to
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.