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Hi Denny, using "bare metal" in job description/requirements is good, as=20
well as ADC, FreeRTOS (not bare metal, but close enough), ISR, etc.  I=20
have the word "Altium" in my job search settings, for example.

The job leads I get as a both EE design and firmware that are worth=20
anything come half from recruiters, specifically not the shotgun=20
approach ones/companies.  Black diamond networks, Oxford, Talent, a few=20
others have good people.  The other leads are people recruiting for=20
companies large enough to have people for that task specifically.  Both=20
categories find me from my resume at Indeed and linkedin.

If you can afford a good recruiter, I think it would help a lot to get a=20
few good candidates instead of being on the receiving end of the shotgun=20
from recruiter sweatshops and people applying to every job on Indeed.

Good luck.
J







Denny Esterline wrote:
> 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:
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> So, my question to you fine people, How and where do you find firmware
> people?
>=20
> -Denny
>=20
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