>Is the only reason for this to make it possible for web developers or people who know TypeScript to write code for IoT Devices? To fill the lack of experienced low level programmers?
Which is funny because there's no lack of low level programmers in my experience.
Companies just try and pay Embedded Systems Engineers and Electrical Engineers dirt compared to "Software Engineers". In the same part of NY where SWE base salaries are $160k+, they will offer $120k for the same years of experience to a EE/Embedded SWE. And these are both major companies (non-big tech) and small companies that will do this.
Of course I also see those job postings for those specific companies last a long time here. There's one going for 3 years now for a many decades old small defense contractor that's even had their CTO directly reach out to me. Meanwhile I sit pretty in my actually respectable paying embedded job that I ain't jumping ship for a paycut.
I wonder if many of these lowball salary job postings could just be companies applying for an employee's greencard through the PERM system. IIUC, for PERM, the applicant's employer is required to put out a job posting for at least 10 days to show nobody else can do the job their employee/greencard applicant does. The salary they list in the posting must be at least the minimum wage dictated by the Department of Labor for the role.
However, I suspect that the company making the ad will just list the lowest possible salary in the posting to deter real applicants from applying, hence making the greencard applications smoother.
However, don't quote me on this, since this is just my very vague knowledge on how greencard applications work. Somebody else here who knows more about this topic, please chime in to let me know if this is true.
In my experience, a firmware engineer contractor is much more expensive than a web contractor. But that's probably just a contractor supply/demand thing vs full-time.
Which is funny because there's no lack of low level programmers in my experience.
Companies just try and pay Embedded Systems Engineers and Electrical Engineers dirt compared to "Software Engineers". In the same part of NY where SWE base salaries are $160k+, they will offer $120k for the same years of experience to a EE/Embedded SWE. And these are both major companies (non-big tech) and small companies that will do this.
Of course I also see those job postings for those specific companies last a long time here. There's one going for 3 years now for a many decades old small defense contractor that's even had their CTO directly reach out to me. Meanwhile I sit pretty in my actually respectable paying embedded job that I ain't jumping ship for a paycut.