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Firmware is just software that runs in a different place.
Source: me, I write firmware sometimes at work.
Well, it's usually closer to the hardware though. Your average x86/64 software dev doesn't have to struggle with pins, addresses, buses and timings that much, if at all.
Everyones a hardware engineer they just don't want to admit it.