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		TheGlav on Jan 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or neve... No joke: just start! Learn C and C++. Find a cheap micro pc board, pick one of the embedded linux distros that run on it, and make something with it. Repeat until you get bored, exhausted, or a job. :)

bluGill on Jan 14, 2025 [–]

Make sure you touch a little rust too. C and C++ are still big, but embedded is interested in Rust as a potential mitigation for issues they have.

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