Re: what is "embedded development" in 2015? (was: poking around for opportunities)

2015-02-08 Thread roger . levasseur
> From: "Joshua Judson Rosen" > > There _is_ something somewhat distinct that we can talk about as "deep > embedded" or "bare metal" programming, which is what's not Linux. > When I look at that, the big difference that I see is how much code you > need to write and maintain yourself because

Re: what is "embedded development" in 2015? (was: poking around for opportunities)

2015-02-08 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
On 01/07/2015 09:19 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > Tyson Sawyer writes: >> I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU. >> However, they don't have a keyboard/monitor and updates or normally a >> significant PITA and crashes/visible bugs are unacceptable. ...so >> don't write crum

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-08 Thread David Rysdam
Ric Werme writes: > Oh heavens, haven't you ever seen a kiosk with a BSOD? Yes, of course I have. The point was that I never dreamed that putting a computer into a second box would be considered "embedded". ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-08 Thread Ric Werme
roger.levass...@comcast.net writes: > If it's just a regular PC running in a kiosk, that's > completely different than what I was picturing. Oh heavens, haven't you ever seen a kiosk with a BSOD? Check out https://www.google.com/search?q=bsod+kiosk&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X (trimmed

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:53 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > I've been assuming that "embedded" meant some significant subset of the > following properties: > > 1) realtime > 2) re-entrant/parallel/interrupt-driven > 3) specialty hardware > 4) specialty OS (if there's an OS there at all)

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Tyson Sawyer
You likely are more qualified than many of the people we've talked with "senior embedded software engineer" on their resume. On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:53 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > roger.levass...@comcast.net writes: >> The embedded stuff that I've been working on over the last 10 years >> have CP

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread roger . levasseur
ll as which software packages are selected (such as Busybox). -roger - Original Message - From: "David Rysdam" To: "roger levasseur" , "Tyson Sawyer" Cc: "Greater NH Linux User Group" Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:53:40 PM Subject: Re:

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread David Rysdam
roger.levass...@comcast.net writes: > The embedded stuff that I've been working on over the last 10 years > have CPUs (ARMs) that in terms of compute power, RAM, and storage that > outclass PCs and Workstations that I worked on during the 1990s. It > was a big deal when that first 1GB SCSI disk dri

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread roger . levasseur
" Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:08:25 AM Subject: Re: poking around for opportunities On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote: > Embedded is just a fancy way of saying “you don’t have a lot of memory or > CPU, so don’t write crummy code” :) I've seen a good

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Derek Atkins
David Rysdam writes: > Tyson Sawyer writes: >> I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU. >> However, they don't have a keyboard/monitor and updates or normally a >> significant PITA and crashes/visible bugs are unacceptable. ...so >> don't write crummy code. ;-) > > I've

RE: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread David Rysdam
Kevin French writes: > While I am quite happy working in the library profession, it's not one > where getting absurdly rich is a concern. Wow, you aren't kidding. Thanks for forwarding the posting. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnh

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Carl Heidenblad
ILCS, Inc. 31 Mount Saint Mary's Way Hooksett, NH 03106-4400 (603)485-4286 -Original Message- From: gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of David Rysdam Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 07:05 To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnh

RE: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Kevin French
Saint Mary's Way Hooksett, NH 03106-4400 (603)485-4286 -Original Message- From: gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of David Rysdam Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 07:05 To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: poking arou

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread David Rysdam
Tyson Sawyer writes: > I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU. > However, they don't have a keyboard/monitor and updates or normally a > significant PITA and crashes/visible bugs are unacceptable. ...so > don't write crummy code. ;-) I've written plenty of needs-to-run-

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Tyson Sawyer
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote: > Embedded is just a fancy way of saying “you don’t have a lot of memory or > CPU, so don’t write crummy code” :) I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU. However, they don't have a keyboard/monitor and updates or n

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Mark Komarinski
> On Jan 7, 2015, at 7:35 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > > Tyson Sawyer writes: >> I'm not sure what area you looking for, and it's in Woburn, but >> levantpower.com is hiring. We are a well funded start-up developing an >> active suspension system for cars. > > Milford/Nashua area. > > This pla

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread David Rysdam
Tyson Sawyer writes: > I'm not sure what area you looking for, and it's in Woburn, but > levantpower.com is hiring. We are a well funded start-up developing an > active suspension system for cars. Milford/Nashua area. This place looks OK in general, but doesn't fit for a reason that's worth br

Re: poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread Tyson Sawyer
I'm not sure what area you looking for, and it's in Woburn, but levantpower.com is hiring. We are a well funded start-up developing an active suspension system for cars. Cheers! Ty On Jan 7, 2015 7:07 AM, "David Rysdam" wrote: > I've been at my current position for almost 11 years now and I'm

poking around for opportunities

2015-01-07 Thread David Rysdam
I've been at my current position for almost 11 years now and I'm thinking about moving on to something fresh. I'm looking for some ideas in the Milford/Nashua area. The kind of thing I would be looking for would ideally be some kind of non-vanilla-business-app thing (engineering/scientific, for in