There are likely more skills that you have beyond language which you have developed in Avionics SW. There are high verification&#x2F;validation SW work environments which you probably have developed skills (e.g. medical or automotive). There are likely &#x27;complex systems&#x27; or architecture areas of software where you might have developed transferable skills - esp. if you&#x27;ve done things such as Avionics integration. (perhaps cloud&#x2F;big data&#x2F;web backend) Then there is general embedded work (pickup C&#x2F;C++).<p>I&#x27;d definitively look into some side projects or select some open source projects to contribute to just to demonstrate that picking up new environments isn&#x27;t difficult. The certificate does that too - but personally side-projects&#x2F;open source speak to me a little more. It&#x27;s largely a matter of what you&#x27;re interested in, but I&#x27;d lose the thought that because the language &amp; dev environment is new, you&#x27;d come in at an entry level. With 9 years of experience in SW, you&#x27;re a mid to senior dev and you should take confidence in the value of that experience.