You misunderstood me completely. I was not saying one should study CompSci, that was you (even though you said EE was preferable).
I was merely saying that for someone wanting to _start_ doing embedded work saying "go get a ___ degree" is certainly not a very helpful answer.
I'm an EE doing both embedded HW (FPGA/ASIC) and SW for a living. I still have no problem saying to a beginner that they can play around with Arduino to get a feel for things.
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You misunderstood me completely. I was not saying one should study CompSci, that was you (even though you said EE was preferable).
I was merely saying that for someone wanting to _start_ doing embedded work saying "go get a ___ degree" is certainly not a very helpful answer.
I'm an EE doing both embedded HW (FPGA/ASIC) and SW for a living. I still have no problem saying to a beginner that they can play around with Arduino to get a feel for things.