Hardware Podcasts

461: Am I the Cow in This Scenario?

Embedded.fm · 5 Oct 2023 · 58m · Episode 461

What this episode covers

Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the tension between completing projects and starting new ones, referencing a Classpert student's analogy of coding 'scribbles' to artistic sketching. They review Elecia's progress on the second edition of 'Making Embedded Systems' and its companion GitHub repository, while also critiquing the efficacy and fairness of live coding tests in engineering interviews.

Most relevant to

established companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Classpert, Fitbit
Products
Making Embedded Systems, Arduino UNO
Also
DSPGuide.com

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