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Maybe you should have included:

"the candidates are mandated to be fluent and well versed with Assembly and=
 C,
no Web and Java programmers, please. Knowledge of Electronics, a Plus!
Shortlisted candidates will be writing firmware drivers, between
breakfast and dinner."

:-D

Cheers

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 1:44 AM Denny Esterline <desterline@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>
> 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 inclu=
de
> something obnoxious in the job posting like the following:
>
> To be considered for this position, you must have an intimate understandi=
ng
> 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, interrup=
t
> 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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