From: Denny Esterline <desterline@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:12:57 -0800
Subject: [EE]: How to find & hire firmware people
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The company I work for really needs to bring on at least one more
developer. So far, I've been very disappointed in the applicant pool. It
seems that no matter what we put in the job description, 99% of the
applicants have zero experience with a microcontroller. Even when I include
something obnoxious in the job posting like the following:

To be considered for this position, you must have an intimate understanding
of the inner workings of a microcontroller, and the ability to write
software on "bare metal" (OS-less) systems. In the interview, you can
expect to be asked questions about registers, memory maps, ADCs, interrupt
processing, timers, compiler theory, and state machines.
I get nothing but web developers and Java programmers.

So, my question to you fine people, How and where do you find firmware
people?

-Denny
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