Tldr at the bottom.

Got a new grad offer at a mid-top tier company. The pay is solid and I'd be coming in at L2. Role is mostly embedded C - drivers, firmware, that kind of thing. I don't hate embedded work. It's fine. But I can't picture myself still doing it in 5 years.

My actual targets long-term are something like:

- GPU firmware / AI inference engines

- OS / kernel development

- Performance and systems programming (low-level SW, not HW)

Basically I want to keep moving toward the software side of low-level.

My concern is getting pigeonholed. If I take this and do it for 2+ years, do I become "the embedded guy" and struggle to pivot into GPU firmware or kernel roles?…