I would like to pursue this route into PLT but I lack the formalism that a university can teach me. On the other hand, I don't want to start again in a new university as I would see it as a huge waste of time and would like to focus in what I enjoy.
My plan is to find a job as a compiler engineer while studying on the side and contributing to open source programming languages. But I have a hard time finding job offers in compiler engineering. Offers in my area are sparse and job offers I find rarely accept remote (I live in Switzerland)
In conclusion my questions are: - how do you get a job in compiler engineering? who is hiring? and if it's unjustifiable to hire a junior like me, how do I get the necessary experience to be employable? - Is there a better way to do it? Am I missing something? If you were to get in the field completely differently, how would you do it?
