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jacknews on Feb 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten ar...

How do salaries compare? I get the impression embedded is rather low-paid, particularly compared to some of the FAANG salaries bandied about?

I'd love to be able to do 6502 for a living...

rubicon33 on Feb 9, 2019 [–]

It's quite strange and yet makes sense, that embedded salaries are lower than easier higher level development. On the one hand, embedded is NOT the kind of thing some random 14 year old kid can do, whereas iOS/Android/Web is. But unfortunately, there's just not the plethora of jobs demanding embedded folks.

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