Of the 15 top Hubris and Oxide firmware contributors by commit count, it looks like 8 had no prior embedded experience.
Let that sink in.
What we're doing here is not easy, but we've built an environment that lets more people contribute. Rust means big-computer skills translate, and better tooling makes us all better devs.
This feels like a vindication of both Hubris's design goals, and the use of Rust in firmware more generally.