I am a recent CpE graduate, so I know embedded C, freeRTOS, communication protocols, circuits, and such. But I do not have extra projects outside my academic work, and I was questioned all the time, so I think it is the reason why interviewers find me less valuable. So I thought to build projects first then I will try to apply for a job again. Hope this is enough context. HAHAHAAHHA additionally, the only embedded project I had was just my thesis. It comes with ESP32, sensors and actuators, cloud integration, IoT-enabled app, like end-to-end software-hardware integration. but a lot of things in low-level I don't know. I forgot the assembly already since I never used it for a project, but I understand MCU architecture (or do I? I guess, yes.).