what a great experience, im also thinking about transtition to software engineer, but my background is power engineering, Thank you, this video really lit the fire within me
Thank you for the amazing video🙏. Even I want to become an embedded software engineer. But don't have a clear idea about what skills to acquire and from where to start. I have a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engg, it would be really helpful for me if you could share some advice on where to begin from?
Motivating video :) I'm electrical engineer too and want change my profession as an embedded software engineer but unfortunately I'm too old for all this (I'm 40) and currently live in Russia. In Russia it is not customary to change careers at the age of 40
I study electrical and electronics engineering, it was not my first pick, I study this because I could not enter to computer engineering department but I still want to do programming so now I try to find subdivisions and other possible ways to find something I can enjoy doing after I graduate electrical and electronics engineering. But, I was hopeless, thinking I won't be able to find a job I actually want which is related with my own department but you gave me hope, after I graduate I will definitely try to change career.
I too changed careers from Electrical Engineering to Software Development I hated electrical engineering from from the start of my college days along with the out dated lab equipment and curriculum Job opportunities paid less than working at Wage donalds as well I switched and have never looked back
I am currently doing an degree in electronic engineering and I feel like I totally relate to what you mentioned in this video. it’s comforting to know it’s possible to transition and find you like enjoy doing :)
Great video thanks for doing this mate, I've just graduated from my degree apprenticeship as an automation engineer (mainly for industrial applications). I like the idea of embedded system work as you get to do the fun stuff without doing shifts in a factory, what IDE would you recommend for starting out? If it works on MacOS that would be even better! Cheers
Thanks for the support Arnie! The IDE would depend on what boards you’re using, but STM32 has a decent one. I personally use MSVSC to edit my code and then just use the mcu specific IDEs for compiling and debugging.
Actually studying EE as first step for embedded software is good and the father of embedded systems(Jack Ganssle) told it ! Quite difficult to work on the transition from hardware to software but you have really understood the basics of embedded with electronics, thanks for sharing your experience !
I graduated with my EE degree in 2019. Currently working with automation and controls in the manufacturing industry. I work a lot with PLCs and other industrial devices. The pay is very good, but I don’t feel very engaged by this type of work. Plus the travel can be brutal at times - usually 1 month trips at a time. Im hoping to transition to an embedded systems or product development position within the next year.
This video was great! I'm not sure if it would fit into the theme of your channel but could you do something where you talk about how you packaged your python program into an application
Thanks for the support Edgar!! Really appreciate it! I don't think I will do a video directly about it, but I'm planning on doing a Crypto Trading Bot video series where I could build it into an application and discuss about packaging the python program... but, you can look into using PyInstaller, which is one way to package the application.
Great video, I am in my last year of Master in power engineering, I used to like embedded systems and programming, this video motivate me change my career, thanks
This is awesome. I am an electrical engineer, and I am considering embedded systems engineering and embedded software engineering. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Is it possible to learn embeded systems all by myself? I have no electrical or software background . Im a mould maker but embeded system driving me crazy . Biggest problem is to find the right way to learn it . I started like 4 months ago and bought 4 books on python but after watching you it seems like a mistake
Hey WAKAS! Short answer is Yes, you can totally learn it by yourself! I understand where you’re coming from, it’s important to have the right focus. I’m personally a visual learner so I really prefer UA-cam videos, but some books are good. If you’ve already learned python it’s very good and highly important skill to have in embedded world. You can program in both c and python (c is just the most common one). I’d recommend refocusing and start with c programming (check description for some two really good and extensive tutorials in C). Then buy a development board (raspberry pie or stm32) you can program both in C. Hope this helps, let’s stay in touch and let me know if you have any other questions! You got this man! Cheers!
its awesome how I identify myself in your history... I am in the senior year of my electrical engineering bachelor here in Brazil and i have this same feeling that should have done CS. Now, i am in software engineer intern role which only makes me more sure of it haha
@@GreidiAjalik Embedded as well haha, in my case, dealing with device drivers for Linux kernel under Android for a smartphone company. Btw, looking forward to work in Estonia in future, do you have any recommendations on that? All kind of tips are very welcome xD
That sounds like a good gig! Wait what... Estonia?! Wow! Unfortunately I don’t have recommendations for Estonia, since I’ve not lived there for over 8 years now :O... Lol... you could join our discord channel (link in description) if you’d like to ask more questions/chat/stay connected. I’m trying to build a community around this UA-cam channel!
@@GreidiAjalik Lol, that's great, in the moment i'm deciding between Estonia or Canada, but yeah, just planning... I will join for sure! Cheers from Brazil
Hi man. How was the process of getting a visa/job in the US? I'm currently an Electronic Tech in Scotland (from here originally). I hold a Bachelors in Electronic Engineering, and might have the opportunity to do a Masters at my current workplace (I work in a university). I've always loved Embedded engineering - software and hardware, so I'll probably go down this path. I'd love to move to the US once I get my Masters, so any info you might have on how to do that would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, and keep the videos coming!
Hey! Glad to have you here! TBH the process itself can be pretty stressful. I came to the USA on a student visa (F1), after graduation I got OPT + STEM OPT. Then got my green card through marriage to a US citizen. Your best options are probably H1B and L visas if you do school abroad - maybe UK has some other visas for USA that I'm not aware of to enter USA for work. Cheers! Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
hay Sir! am an electronics engineer and doing an embedded engineer job, will it possible for me to be both hardware and software embedded engineer as i love design hardware for my projects but i am weak in software side. what should be your suggestions.
I'm robotics engineer, and i like the embedded system, but I have little to non idea about what to study by my self not other than study c/c++, and i don´t know how to serch jobs related in order to earn some experience, I think I´m just study for the satisfaction of kwonledge
Thank you for this video I enjoyed listening to your changing story and what bring me to this video is I was searching to know more about FPGA and I saw some of your videos in the first channel and it was really helpful I have a request, in the last part of the video you mentioned that we can learn alot about ML and software engineering on UA-cam and this is the future, can you please in the next video talk more about that topic and from where we can start in this filed and a recommended sources Thank you, we appreciate your work.
Hey! Thank you for the support! I love the idea! I’ll work on putting a video like that together, hopefully will have it up in two weeks or less! Cheers!
Also for a student what oscilloscope should I get? What should I look for in an oscilloscope? I see portable ones which are handy since I am on campus all day but not sure if they are any good?
For a student I’d recommend a portable one... you could look into analog discovery 2 by digilent (they should offer student pricing). You’d want to look for how many samples per second you need, resolution, bandwidth, input ranges, and triggers.
Hi, thanks for sharing this! Me myself is an embedded software engineer as well, recently I have been thinking about the question "what do I like about being an embedded software engineer", hope to hear your side of thought as well! :)
Hi, Thanks a lot, Your videos have been very helpful for me. I am also an electrical engineer but i am passionate about automation and programming stuff and want to do my masters in those subjects. However I am little confused among “embedded systems engineer” and “industrial automation engineer”! Can you please tell which one is better and high in demand. Thank you.
Glad to hear they are helpful! And you’re very welcome! Industrial automation refers more on PLC programming or robotics in my opinion. It depends on the area where you work at, but in general embedded systems engineer has probably more positions as it’s a broader/general field.
Wow. That sounds exactly like what I am currently experiencing. Do you have any advise??? Summary: I was a process engineer. I started tinkering with python code to automate filling out tidious paperwork and automatically print it. Something that took 30 min can be done in seconds now. I never studied CS or anything like that so I discovered that I really love to code. Started doing other projects, but I was dissatisfied with my job since I wanted to do more. Had a job offer but bc of hiring freeze, didn't end up going there so I dropped everything and started my Masters in CPS (I started this August). However, now I'm unemployed and lack of income had a crushing beating to my mental health (depressed) -- well technically I work as a TA on the school but pay is so low and work is bla that I do not consider it "real" work --- so I'm currently interviewing but for Industrial engineering and other similar positions so I'll probably dip out from this in person masters program, start working again, and just go for an online Masters degree as that is much more flexible. But I really really WANT to do software. I know R, Matlab, Python, Visual Basic, and starting to learn C. I've implemented some applications to a SQL server, including web app but it was simple and made through flask so very basic. Any recommendations as to how I can "break in" into software??? Should I just continue my plan? That is... Accept job offer as Industrial engineer, work for X years while I complete an online masters in CS or similar (data eng also seems interesting) and then go look for a software job or similar, or is there something I can do TODAY? Any recommendations? Advise?
I can relate to all what you said. I am currently also EE student entering the final years. Still wondering why didnt I take CS lol. Thinking of changing to software but I'm not sure to go with which one. Right now I'm self-learning about ML and going for Deep Learning later on. Do you have any advice for a final year EE student who somehow loves to code? Which part should I explore? Im kind of dilemma for my future rn. Also, if you are thinking of creating discord community of EE major going SWE, do tell me. I would love to exchange views and information with them. p/s: google's recommendation is very scary. they already know me in person hahaha.
Finish your EE degree and spend majority of electives on programming courses. Switching careers once you have an engineering degree will be pretty straight forward. Also do some LeetCode to prepare for the coding interviews. Don't stress about your first job... it's your first job ... just be good at it, whatever you decide to do.
Thank you for checking out this video! Let me know what video would you like to see next!
Tell us more about your doggie in the next video 😍😍😍 he's always there in every video .. I'm curious to know more about him . 😁😁
I’ll have couple vlog style videos coming up and up soon, so I’ll try to do a small section about him 😂
Also, you can follow my dogs (Cosito’s) tiktok channel: www.tiktok.com/@cositoajalik
@@GreidiAjalik Awww so cute
what a great experience, im also thinking about transtition to software engineer, but my background is power engineering, Thank you, this video really lit the fire within me
Awesome! Happy to hear it’s motivating, best of luck! Let me know if you have any questions!
I love this thank you so much for sharing your experience in detail
Thank you for the amazing video🙏.
Even I want to become an embedded software engineer. But don't have a clear idea about what skills to acquire and from where to start.
I have a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engg, it would be really helpful for me if you could share some advice on where to begin from?
You’re welcome! Thank you for the support! I’ll make a video about this - coming up in few weeks! Thank you for the idea!
Same here ash
Motivating video :) I'm electrical engineer too and want change my profession as an embedded software engineer but unfortunately I'm too old for all this (I'm 40) and currently live in Russia. In Russia it is not customary to change careers at the age of 40
I study electrical and electronics engineering, it was not my first pick, I study this because I could not enter to computer engineering department but I still want to do programming so now I try to find subdivisions and other possible ways to find something I can enjoy doing after I graduate electrical and electronics engineering. But, I was hopeless, thinking I won't be able to find a job I actually want which is related with my own department but you gave me hope, after I graduate I will definitely try to change career.
I too changed careers from Electrical Engineering to Software Development
I hated electrical engineering from from the start of my college days along with the out dated lab equipment and curriculum
Job opportunities paid less than working at Wage donalds as well
I switched and have never looked back
congrats man! I hope all is going well now! cheers!
Firmware development is straight depressing
Lol, any kind of development could be straight depressing… depends on the person :)
I am currently doing an degree in electronic engineering and I feel like I totally relate to what you mentioned in this video. it’s comforting to know it’s possible to transition and find you like enjoy doing :)
Cheers! Thanks for sharing!
Great video thanks for doing this mate, I've just graduated from my degree apprenticeship as an automation engineer (mainly for industrial applications). I like the idea of embedded system work as you get to do the fun stuff without doing shifts in a factory, what IDE would you recommend for starting out? If it works on MacOS that would be even better! Cheers
Thanks for the support Arnie! The IDE would depend on what boards you’re using, but STM32 has a decent one. I personally use MSVSC to edit my code and then just use the mcu specific IDEs for compiling and debugging.
Actually studying EE as first step for embedded software is good and the father of embedded systems(Jack Ganssle) told it ! Quite difficult to work on the transition from hardware to software but you have really understood the basics of embedded with electronics, thanks for sharing your experience !
No problem! Thanks for reaching out and sharing! Cheers!
Hey , can a mechanical graduate become embedded software engineer?
I graduated with my EE degree in 2019. Currently working with automation and controls in the manufacturing industry. I work a lot with PLCs and other industrial devices. The pay is very good, but I don’t feel very engaged by this type of work. Plus the travel can be brutal at times - usually 1 month trips at a time. Im hoping to transition to an embedded systems or product development position within the next year.
Best of luck! Hopefully you can make the transition soon enough!
This video was great! I'm not sure if it would fit into the theme of your channel but could you do something where you talk about how you packaged your python program into an application
Thanks for the support Edgar!! Really appreciate it! I don't think I will do a video directly about it, but I'm planning on doing a Crypto Trading Bot video series where I could build it into an application and discuss about packaging the python program... but, you can look into using PyInstaller, which is one way to package the application.
Great video, I am in my last year of Master in power engineering, I used to like embedded systems and programming, this video motivate me change my career, thanks
That's awesome! thanks for sharing! Best of luck, let me know if you have any questions! Cheers!
This is awesome. I am an electrical engineer, and I am considering embedded systems engineering and embedded software engineering. Thank you for sharing your experience.
did you finish your ee degree?🤔🤔
Is it possible to learn embeded systems all by myself? I have no electrical or software background . Im a mould maker but embeded system driving me crazy . Biggest problem is to find the right way to learn it . I started like 4 months ago and bought 4 books on python but after watching you it seems like a mistake
Hey WAKAS! Short answer is Yes, you can totally learn it by yourself! I understand where you’re coming from, it’s important to have the right focus. I’m personally a visual learner so I really prefer UA-cam videos, but some books are good. If you’ve already learned python it’s very good and highly important skill to have in embedded world. You can program in both c and python (c is just the most common one). I’d recommend refocusing and start with c programming (check description for some two really good and extensive tutorials in C). Then buy a development board (raspberry pie or stm32) you can program both in C. Hope this helps, let’s stay in touch and let me know if you have any other questions! You got this man! Cheers!
@@GreidiAjalik thanks a lot for your time . I just ordered Effective C on amazon . I hope its a right book to start
@@waqasaslam360update?
its awesome how I identify myself in your history... I am in the senior year of my electrical engineering bachelor here in Brazil and i have this same feeling that should have done CS. Now, i am in software engineer intern role which only makes me more sure of it haha
Hey Lukas! Best of luck with your SWE adventures - what type of Software Engineering are you aiming to do/are doing at your internship?
@@GreidiAjalik Embedded as well haha, in my case, dealing with device drivers for Linux kernel under Android for a smartphone company. Btw, looking forward to work in Estonia in future, do you have any recommendations on that? All kind of tips are very welcome xD
That sounds like a good gig! Wait what... Estonia?! Wow! Unfortunately I don’t have recommendations for Estonia, since I’ve not lived there for over 8 years now :O... Lol... you could join our discord channel (link in description) if you’d like to ask more questions/chat/stay connected. I’m trying to build a community around this UA-cam channel!
@@GreidiAjalik Lol, that's great, in the moment i'm deciding between Estonia or Canada, but yeah, just planning... I will join for sure! Cheers from Brazil
Well, I’d recommend Canada 👀 lol 😂
Hi man. How was the process of getting a visa/job in the US?
I'm currently an Electronic Tech in Scotland (from here originally). I hold a Bachelors in Electronic Engineering, and might have the opportunity to do a Masters at my current workplace (I work in a university). I've always loved Embedded engineering - software and hardware, so I'll probably go down this path. I'd love to move to the US once I get my Masters, so any info you might have on how to do that would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers, and keep the videos coming!
Hey! Glad to have you here! TBH the process itself can be pretty stressful. I came to the USA on a student visa (F1), after graduation I got OPT + STEM OPT. Then got my green card through marriage to a US citizen.
Your best options are probably H1B and L visas if you do school abroad - maybe UK has some other visas for USA that I'm not aware of to enter USA for work.
Cheers! Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
hay Sir! am an electronics engineer and doing an embedded engineer job, will it possible for me to be both hardware and software embedded engineer as i love design hardware for my projects but i am weak in software side. what should be your suggestions.
I'm robotics engineer, and i like the embedded system, but I have little to non idea about what to study by my self not other than study c/c++, and i don´t know how to serch jobs related in order to earn some experience, I think I´m just study for the satisfaction of kwonledge
Thank you for this video I enjoyed listening to your changing story and what bring me to this video is I was searching to know more about FPGA and I saw some of your videos in the first channel and it was really helpful
I have a request, in the last part of the video you mentioned that we can learn alot about ML and software engineering on UA-cam and this is the future, can you please in the next video talk more about that topic and from where we can start in this filed and a recommended sources
Thank you, we appreciate your work.
Hey! Thank you for the support! I love the idea! I’ll work on putting a video like that together, hopefully will have it up in two weeks or less! Cheers!
Also for a student what oscilloscope should I get? What should I look for in an oscilloscope? I see portable ones which are handy since I am on campus all day but not sure if they are any good?
For a student I’d recommend a portable one... you could look into analog discovery 2 by digilent (they should offer student pricing). You’d want to look for how many samples per second you need, resolution, bandwidth, input ranges, and triggers.
Hi, thanks for sharing this! Me myself is an embedded software engineer as well, recently I have been thinking about the question "what do I like about being an embedded software engineer", hope to hear your side of thought as well! :)
Good one Thomas! Thank you for the thought!
You read my heart though 😂🎉I am about to get my MSc in EE, however I am currently preparing myself for a career in Software Engineering 😊😊.
I come from the old channel, and being at senior year I'm thinking of switching over to software development as well. Thanks for making this!
Hey Ramiro! You’re welcome and glad to have you here! Cheers!
Hi, Thanks a lot, Your videos have been very helpful for me. I am also an electrical engineer but i am passionate about automation and programming stuff and want to do my masters in those subjects.
However I am little confused among “embedded systems engineer” and “industrial automation engineer”!
Can you please tell which one is better and high in demand. Thank you.
Glad to hear they are helpful! And you’re very welcome! Industrial automation refers more on PLC programming or robotics in my opinion. It depends on the area where you work at, but in general embedded systems engineer has probably more positions as it’s a broader/general field.
@@GreidiAjalik ok good, Thanks.
@@hamidr8391 same situation bro what have you opted?
Embedded or automation?
Wow. That sounds exactly like what I am currently experiencing. Do you have any advise???
Summary: I was a process engineer. I started tinkering with python code to automate filling out tidious paperwork and automatically print it. Something that took 30 min can be done in seconds now. I never studied CS or anything like that so I discovered that I really love to code. Started doing other projects, but I was dissatisfied with my job since I wanted to do more. Had a job offer but bc of hiring freeze, didn't end up going there so I dropped everything and started my Masters in CPS (I started this August). However, now I'm unemployed and lack of income had a crushing beating to my mental health (depressed) -- well technically I work as a TA on the school but pay is so low and work is bla that I do not consider it "real" work --- so I'm currently interviewing but for Industrial engineering and other similar positions so I'll probably dip out from this in person masters program, start working again, and just go for an online Masters degree as that is much more flexible. But I really really WANT to do software. I know R, Matlab, Python, Visual Basic, and starting to learn C. I've implemented some applications to a SQL server, including web app but it was simple and made through flask so very basic.
Any recommendations as to how I can "break in" into software???
Should I just continue my plan? That is... Accept job offer as Industrial engineer, work for X years while I complete an online masters in CS or similar (data eng also seems interesting) and then go look for a software job or similar, or is there something I can do TODAY?
Any recommendations? Advise?
Today is hard. You industrial degree is awesome and more secure than a Cs degree. Im a cs undergrad
I can relate to all what you said. I am currently also EE student entering the final years. Still wondering why didnt I take CS lol. Thinking of changing to software but I'm not sure to go with which one. Right now I'm self-learning about ML and going for Deep Learning later on. Do you have any advice for a final year EE student who somehow loves to code? Which part should I explore? Im kind of dilemma for my future rn.
Also, if you are thinking of creating discord community of EE major going SWE, do tell me. I would love to exchange views and information with them.
p/s: google's recommendation is very scary. they already know me in person hahaha.
Finish your EE degree and spend majority of electives on programming courses. Switching careers once you have an engineering degree will be pretty straight forward. Also do some LeetCode to prepare for the coding interviews. Don't stress about your first job... it's your first job ... just be good at it, whatever you decide to do.
Thank you for the motivation
Me to buddy 🤟