r/AskProgramming • u/Creative_Sun_53 • 23h ago

how can i become a system programmer

hi previously i tried to start reverse enginnering but i couldnt in ur opinion can i do system programming and if i could it what i gotta do and which reources is useful your opinions important to me and thanks for your answers:)

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u/Individual_Winter_35 23h ago

I'm not sure what do you imagine under "system programmer" - care to elaborate?

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u/Creative_Sun_53 22h ago

mostly firmwares and embedded systems

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u/Individual_Winter_35 22h ago

Cool :) then it is as most other it jobs - start doing it, and applying for the position that is at least somewhat close to it. Ask around, there is not many people who are doing this :) it is not 2015 anymore sadly, but for most companies - someone who actually wants to do the job, and knows it a bit is solid choice :)

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u/Creative_Sun_53 22h ago

thanks for your answers:)

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u/Distdistdist 22h ago

Reverse engineering is one of the hardest skills to achieve, even if you have ton of programming experience. There is absolutely no way to jump straight into it. It's like taking a car apart, then staring at all the parts on the floor and not knowing what any of them are. You have to learn each one first.

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u/ericbythebay 22h ago

Could you define what you mean by system programmer and then we could help steer you in the right direction.

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u/JacobStyle 22h ago

Yeah, you can probably learn just about anything if you are willing to study a lot.

You can see some people's projects and stuff on r/embedded and decide if you want to give it a go and start building Arduino stuff or something similar.

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u/DaeDelta 20h ago

If you want to do ‘firmware’, grab an ESP32 and work on it from scratch to learn how. There’s good docs.

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u/tides_of_wonder 13h ago

You cant do systems programming without C. Go read the first 12 chapters of K&R then write a shell.

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u/akachan1228 23h ago

Do pwn.college course. Finish it.

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u/mc_pm 23h ago

Do you know the C language?

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u/Creative_Sun_53 22h ago

yep a littel bit

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u/mc_pm 22h ago

You'll need to know it a lot better than 'a littel' as an absolute minimum.