[ngsayjoe]

So sad to hear this, as it is much harder to study EE and embedded programming is much much harder than software programming.

[user5994461]

They are both equally difficult.

[aetherspawn]

Dunning-Kruger effect applies here. The levels of confidence/validation are completely different. Good luck fixing a software bug on a toaster after-the-fact.

Also, performance is regularly an annoyance, especially if you have to do something non-trivial like process ethernet frames or talk on USB. Sub 8-Mhz processors for embedded processors still extremely popular and the flash size constraint leaves no room for huge libraries or ROM waste.

Completely different.

[user5994461]

Hardware and software are two deep domains that can be incredibly complex and challenging.

You're doing a disservice to both by taking a toaster without QA as an argument.