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

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

@Tendril maybe Ishould stick to software then

>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.

I think a programmer should know a little bit of hardware at least.