Down to the Metal
I just spent a few days over at Pedal Brain programming (or trying to program) an MSP 430 Micro Controller. Embedded is hard but I think it’s worth trying if you are a coder. It’s kind of the essence of coding. Unlike most of the programming I’ve done, in embedded there is nothing between you and the machine. Typically you don’t have a lot of memory or CPU so you have to be very efficient with resources. I think in the long run the economy you pick up in the embedded realm makes you a better coder in other areas.
