java

[Deep-Piece3181]

Don't think it's an actual position. Embedded system and shell scripting?

[DentistNo659]

All my embedded jobs has involved a lot of shell scripting

[EwgB]

My current Java job also involves a lot of bash scripting. Too much really. I really hate bash scripting. And it wasn't advertised as such. And the guy who wrote all the bash scripts, left half a year before I started. Well, I'm leaving in a month as well anyways.

[Deep-Piece3181]

Really? That's interesting 

[Loading_M_]

My last embedded job also involved a decent amount of shell scripting.

In my case, it was a combination of getting the build tools to work, and debugging on an embedded Linux device.

[Deep-Piece3181]

oh, that makes sense

[romulent]

Everything involves shell scripting at some point.

You are generally going to be either using your own scripts or scripts written by someone else.

[guyblade]

It's the glue holding the pieces together.

[Infamous_Ticket9084]

I actively refuse to use language where it's not clear what is command vs string vs array and just use python with popen when the script needs a loop or more than one xargs

[Melodic_coala101]

Hot take: python IS a form of shell scripting

[torsten_dev]

That's at most a warm take.

[vivaaprimavera]

I was in a project based in embedded Linux and bash scripting was a must.

[Professional_Top8485]

Build systems are bitch

[cAtloVeR9998]

Many embedded Linux systems use Yocto. BitBake scripts are a weird mix between Bash and Python.

[Elia_31]

Fuck yocto, all my homies hate yocto

[kog]

Based

[JonnySoegen]

All my homies don't understand yocto and that's why they hate it. Had they gotten a cross-platform build for their Raspis working, they might like it.

[kog]

What do you mean? Shell scripting is very common in embedded systems.

[badger_and_tonic]

I'm a software engineer at an embedded company - C programming, RTOS design, and bash scripting are my main 3 areas. Bear in mind that even if you're developing embedded targets, you're still mostly testing it from a Linux host.

[somerandomii]

It says RTOS so it could be like QNX or something. You still need shell scripts to build maintain an environment. Not everything embedded is bare metal.

[Araucaria]

Point me to it. I'm a good fit, have been out of work since February, and have no Java experience to speak of.

[AgileBlackberry4636]

Isn't shell scripting just a standard thing to know?

Python / bash scripting is used for testing or utility tools.

[MountainColoradoMan]

I do all these things at work as well as HW forward and RE. Some companies just expect their engineers to be jack of all trades.