Guys,

I know this is a little OT but alot of you guys write code for a living I'd like to get "your view". I started working for a new company almost 2 months ago. I am basically a software engineer writing stuff in C and assembly for Point Of Sale machines. Sounded interesting at the time, the honeymoon is over...... I am writing code for ZILOG parts, my company has developed a proprietary RTOS (that's what they call it), so proprietary that little documentation exists, and apparently I am supposed to be psychic and know what 2M of OS code should be doing. I keep finding myself "lost", I don't have access to the OS, and what I do have is all in makefiles and about 200 seperate files in C and assembly using alot of IDE macros. The OS development group is VERY unhelpful, afterall I am only the guy writing all the test code, I am not important. How would you guys deal with:

1. SW engineers who don't want to share information?
2. No documentation, lots of "tribal knowledge"?
3. Having to deal with the "good ole boys" network?

I have updated my resume and will start sending it out, I quit a good job to go here. Talk about kicking myself in the butt, lessons learned the hard way.......

Anyone need an intelligent and handsome embedded guy? If not I might have a chance ;)

Mainly a rant out of frustration and disbelief.....................

Steven Kosmerchock
Phoenix, Az USA




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