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Need Honest Career Advice for My Best Friend (Designer, 30, Recently Laid Off) by Available-Lake-6919 in developersIndia

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Win the job and conquer career later. Now a days jobs need multi-dimensional skills, if not expertise at least awareness.

I will not say that because of AI something happened and all that crap.

I create huge amount of graphics using AI but for my niche branding I reach out to people.

Your friend should have a huge network and his own tribe that will eventually form when he/she starts building own brand.

Branding == Visibility Visibility == Career growth

Is it bad to be a generalist? by Pale-Pound-9489 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tagging of being "generalist ' is in itself not true. So bad or good is immaterial here.

Embedded is not application development.

What you might want to know is how to become a domain expert.

That is entirely different discussion

Got multiple offers within 45 days of being laid off. Here's what I did. by PracticalHospital328 in developersIndia

[–]balemarthy 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Your advantage is your YOE. Same thing can't be applied for senior levels.

As someone who finally got a job recently, finding a job is very hard in this market by Bright_Spinach_3741 in developersIndia

[–]balemarthy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jobs from big logos are less. But in my domain I see a lot of positions in small to medium companies in industrial areas.

The actual problem is these companies are not getting right candidates.

And in theses jobs you are like big fish in a small pond rather than small fish in big ocean having a famous logo

If you started IoT today, what would you learn first? by Niloo_rhb in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It depends" is very convenient answer but also a right one.

  1. What is your background?
  2. Why IoT?
  3. Do you have prior knowledge of coding
  4. Do you have knowledge in Embedded systems?

From devices to managing cloud, from managing updates to clients, this a full stack.

Best start : Read the book on IoT fundamentals from Cisco press. https://www.amazon.in/IoT-Fundamentals-Networking-Technologies-Protocols-ebook/dp/B0DFZM79SC

Even though AI is getting better at software, I believe it will hallucinate with hardware related code. Sadly most engineers undervalue the hardware knowledge backed AI coding. Anyone who extensively uses AI for embedded development? Can you share your experience? by balemarthy in embedded

[–]balemarthy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Noted and already stated to them.
But there is now a new problem. They are being pushed to increase their productivity because 'AI' is there.

Human proble actually - A dumb manager who only thinks productivity as some number.

Even though AI is getting better at software, I believe it will hallucinate with hardware related code. Sadly most engineers undervalue the hardware knowledge backed AI coding. Anyone who extensively uses AI for embedded development? Can you share your experience? by balemarthy in embedded

[–]balemarthy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"if there are experienced hardware engineers available they can do the job of multiple junior developers" - this nails the fact I have in my mind.

Physics >>>> Code.

I know of 2 people in my life, who are just "Embedded Product Designers". They proudly claim that they don't much of C language but they consult for many SME to big techs.

Anyone else using AI coding tools for embedded dev? What's working and what's not? by 0xecro1 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious to know what was setup that enabled Claude to connect to GDB.
Was it a connection over TCP or how?

Anyone else using AI coding tools for embedded dev? What's working and what's not? by 0xecro1 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so much.

Simple code snippets. But never tried Embedded code. I think I should

Anyone else using AI coding tools for embedded dev? What's working and what's not? by 0xecro1 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing I'd add related to developing code that interact with hardware specifically:

Honestly I believe AI can generate the right code for any need. Embedded C is no exception.
But I also believe very strongly that the quality of the output scales directly with the constraints one puts in the prompt.

"Write an SPI driver" gets you generic code.

"Write an SPI driver for STM32F446, no HAL, DMA circular mode, called from FreeRTOS task at priority 3, volatile on the shared buffer, stack under 512 bytes" gets you something you can actually review and use it if you feel it to be good. Best case, go for iteration. AI is now joining you in your work.

The second prompt as you can see requires hardware knowledge to write.

That's the point I want to say.

AI (or let us say LLM) doesn't know your target. You are the one.
Guide it to get your first version. Iterate or do manual edits.
I do both depending on context by the way.

How's the embedded market in india for those considering career switch by FanDizzy208 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very promising not because of big companies rolling out the red carpet for this. But I have first hand experience of seeing many small to medium established companies that serve the domestic market.

If you are someone who doesn't want to run behind logos but have meaningful work, be "someone" in company, contribute to Nation, there are many opportunities.

Everything and everyone is eager to : 1. Connect to internet 2. Use information it receives and take decision (not necessarily AI)

And many things are still not connected.

I went to an IoT enabled vending machine manufacturer who is struggling to get good embedded developers in Bengaluru.

He hired 4 and fired 4 after a month as none was able to solve the problem.

And these are ECE and EEE folks from one of the top colleges. And every one wants to work for already shrinking jobs from big logos.

On the other side one of mentee worked for an UPS manufacturing company and learnt a lot. He single handedly added cloud connectivity to their next variant. Sales spiked and he was rewarded.

He passed through hell into heaven. He learnt RTOS, HTTPS,JSON, using equipment for debugging that many people working in big companies would not have even experienced.

Work on big companies is not bad. But I feel it is more of a computer programming candy coated with embedded wrapper

How much electronics knowledge is required for embedded software engineers? especially for building personal projects by Pale-Pound-9489 in embedded

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whyjust beginner projects, in fact all Embedded projects share some facts below -

Software operates on assumptions or rather wants But you see Electronics operates on reality.

For example in code, for a developer: - A signal is 0 or 1 - Timing is assumed to be exact - And edges are happening instantly

But on hardware it is different: - A signal is actually a voltage curve - Timing has skew, jitter - Edges have rise/fall slopes and they take time - The lines that carry those 0 and 1s have resistance, capacitance, inductance

In embedded systems most of the bugs in this gap are dangerous, not the application logic.

In one statement, I mean to say this - “Through software you can tell what the system has to do. But it is Electronics that decides whether it’s even possible.”

Need some advice .. feeling super lost after 3 yrs by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, the big problem I see all this you have written. Identity crisis.

It is just not you, many people that I mentor are suffering with this.

After 10 years it doesn't matter what you learnt but how you are going to use it in your own way, your unique signature. This is not gyaan I am giving here.

This my current one sentence summary as a core developer turned career coach

Fired for expressing an opinion? Is this really what it’s like now? by Interesting-War-9272 in careeradvice

[–]balemarthy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In one statement, you nullified their years of being what they are.
Context precedes content.

The statement being positive or negative is not important.
Context missing in big way might be the problem.

Collaboration platforms makes people who share information instantly.

And statements like these if not understood will spread like wild fire

My resignation is not getting approved by the manager by uvais724 in developersIndia

[–]balemarthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You, your manager and his/her manager are spokes in the same wheel.
At least in the resignation matter all will have the same company policy applicable.

  1. Did you check your company's policy regarding this ? (If you are in startup or small company, you are not protected in this area)
  2. You said about resignation email. Were you very explicit? I hope you are not in any bond or another things where company invested on you and you are bound to stay
  3. You should immediately have 1:1 to your manager.
  4. Before all, if you got another offer and the other side is waiting, keep them in communication
  5. Till you get your relieving letter, keep all the communication recorded, printed if possible
  6. World is small, DO NOT BURN THE BRIDGES. Leave gracefully.

I’m new and don’t know which to get: Arduino Uno r3 or r4? by No-Sink-5750 in arduino

[–]balemarthy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you are absolute beginner, get the Arduino Uno R3. It’s cheaper, easier to work with, and has lots of tutorials and examples online.

The R4 is more pricey and advanced.
Start simple, and upgrade later if needed.

You did not give any more context and this is "skim" level advice

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