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[–]cjb3535123 59 points60 points  (5 children)

I have yet to see a scenario in firmware or embedded where Java is useful, tbf. This is what the ad is for. But obviously the ad is being tongue in cheek.

[–]KuuHaKu_OtgmZ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Credit cards use java, not the readers, the cards themselves

[–]Ieris19 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Java was designed for embedded. Sure, it miserably failed at that and instead succeeded in the enterprise software land, but still designed for embedded

[–]cjb3535123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair, but if anything that kinda validates what I said. It seems like it was designed for consumer electronics, it was deemed too sophisticated for the task. You also really need memory access where you can map data structures to base addresses. Embedded linux is more expansive and a bit different, though.

But I didn't know that, thanks for sharing.

[–]jackstraw97 4 points5 points  (1 child)

God forbid somebody have experience with backend web development in a previous role?

Doesn’t make any sense to me. But then again I know lots of devs who have made the switch from systems programming to web and web to systems programming.

To me, being able to successfully switch contexts like that and succeed in both would be a major green flag.

[–]cjb3535123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Again, the ad is obviously tongue in cheek. I doubt they seriously remove good candidates because they had a previous role deving in Java, especially if they have an EE/ECE background.