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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:02:42 -0800 Subject: Re: [EE]: How to find & hire firmware people Thread-Topic: [EE]: How to find & hire firmware people Thread-Index: Ada9BRSEn6Cmm+KmTr6kcEGBTCvEiw== Message-ID: References: <5FB358FA.5040207@narwani.org> <70249b66-1d70-0428-fc9d-a4332ebf0eae@linuxha.com> List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: <70249b66-1d70-0428-fc9d-a4332ebf0eae@linuxha.com> Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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On the original post, I thought the description of the job was pretty good. Applicants just need to pay attention to it. I wonder if you can request a couple pages of sample code in C or assembly. Look for nice structure, variable names, comments, etc. Harold --=20 FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com Not sent from an iPhone. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .