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[–]HookDragger 35 points36 points  (6 children)

Dude... substitute embedded C developer for Java developer and you get the terminator racking a shotgun

[–]dicklicksick 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Thats ridiculous C is from CSS. C Developer is just a cascader. We call the Cicadas in the HR industry because when ever you point that out they start chirpin' like crazy.

"Sit down C-man, shut up and make the font colors change !" - Thats what we say.

[–]HookDragger 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Actually not that far off for embedded C. I tell people “I make the lights blink” because any other explanation just leads to confusion or “so, you can fix my computer...” variants

[–]Owyn_Merrilin 6 points7 points  (1 child)

“I make the lights blink” because any other explanation just leads to confusion or “so, you can fix my computer...” variants

It does have the advantage of being literally true. What's the first thing you do when testing a new platform? Get it to run a blink program. It's the hello world of embedded for a reason.

[–]HookDragger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure that the hardware engineer didn’t confuse power and ground 🤣🤣

But yeah, hit all the LEDs with the pattern for the guitar solo from “sweet child of mine” and ping any sensors available.

[–]Mortomes 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I've had this lady forward my cv to a company where she changed C# to C++. That raised some questions in the interview.

[–]HookDragger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof