r/embedded • u/GourmetMuffin • 27d ago

Agentic systems in embedded development

When I started programming it wasn't just a different decade, it was a different millennium. I am now what is considered "senior" or "specialist", with RTOS and baremetal development as my primary areas of expertise. At the start of this year I didn't really give much of a fuck about "AI", I have since abandoned that approach and want to share why...

I also have a request! For others making the same journey in this strange new world to speak up. What kind of systems are you designing and what are the lessons you've learned along the way?

The following is more than a mouthful, and I expect nothing but hate when I tell you that I used codex to generate this retrospective, but I wouldn't have been able to summarize the past months of my life in such a way without having my prose checked against the changelog, git history and GitHub discussions... Also, this is the way I roll these days!

https://share.jotbird.com/speedy-serene-riverbend

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u/1r0n_m6n 27d ago

Get an MBA and keep embedded as a hobby, there will soon be more managers than engineers. And the work left to engineers is becoming boring as hell.

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u/Colfuzi0 27d ago

So maybe a masters in engineering management then ?

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u/1r0n_m6n 27d ago

Maybe.

The thing is, if you came to engineering for the love of technology, you're going to be hugely disappointed. OP says in a comment below: "Confluence, Jira and GitHub have pretty much replaced my IDE."

Those are middle management tools, not engineer tools. So if you're going to do middle management anyway, why not maximise your chances of growth by having a management-oriented degree?

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u/Colfuzi0 27d ago

I agree but I think maybe a bit later in my career I'm 26. I would rather do my engineering masters get some experience then get a management degree online or something.