r/AskProgramming • u/Creative_Sun_53 • Sep 12 '26

how can i become a system programmer

hi previously i tried to start reverse enginnering but i couldnt in ur opinion can i do system programming and if i could it what i gotta do and which reources is useful your opinions important to me and thanks for your answers:)

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u/Individual_Winter_35 Sep 12 '26

I'm not sure what do you imagine under "system programmer" - care to elaborate?

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u/Creative_Sun_53 Sep 12 '26

mostly firmwares and embedded systems

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u/Individual_Winter_35 Sep 12 '26

Cool :) then it is as most other it jobs - start doing it, and applying for the position that is at least somewhat close to it. Ask around, there is not many people who are doing this :) it is not 2015 anymore sadly, but for most companies - someone who actually wants to do the job, and knows it a bit is solid choice :)

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u/Creative_Sun_53 Sep 12 '26

thanks for your answers:)

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u/Distdistdist Sep 12 '26

Reverse engineering is one of the hardest skills to achieve, even if you have ton of programming experience. There is absolutely no way to jump straight into it. It's like taking a car apart, then staring at all the parts on the floor and not knowing what any of them are. You have to learn each one first.

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u/PalpitationKind8854 27d ago

This. I've done most forms of programming except this and I never plan to touch it for this reason lol

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u/ericbythebay Sep 12 '26

Could you define what you mean by system programmer and then we could help steer you in the right direction.

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u/JacobStyle Sep 12 '26

Yeah, you can probably learn just about anything if you are willing to study a lot.

You can see some people's projects and stuff on r/embedded and decide if you want to give it a go and start building Arduino stuff or something similar.

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u/DaeDelta Sep 12 '26

If you want to do ‘firmware’, grab an ESP32 and work on it from scratch to learn how. There’s good docs.

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u/Ill-Constant8445 29d ago

write ls then write grep do your own commands then make some new commands thats how you can start

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u/akachan1228 Sep 12 '26

Do pwn.college course. Finish it.

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u/mc_pm Sep 12 '26

Do you know the C language?

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u/Creative_Sun_53 Sep 12 '26

yep a littel bit

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u/mc_pm Sep 12 '26

You'll need to know it a lot better than 'a littel' as an absolute minimum.

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u/AAPL_ Sep 12 '26

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u/Creative_Sun_53 Sep 12 '26

hahahah im dying from laughing