It depends on your own ambitions and expectations...
Small Startup: work crazy hours, have huge impact on the company and its products. Gain lots of experience. Be careful for toxic work environment. Burn-out at the end. High bills for the mental health coach.
Big corp: go home at 5 every day. Nice conversations at the coffee machine about the mortgage and the leasecar. Might need to write a line of code somewhere between meetings.
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"Big corp: go home at 5 every day. Nice conversations at the coffee machine about the mortgage and the leasecar. Might need to write a line of code somewhere between meetings."
Yep, I've worked at Big Corp too (a few of them) and this is why I wasn't shocked at all when huge numbers of layoffs came from BigCorps recently.
Actually, I was more shocked that it hadn't happened sooner -- especially after 2008 for example.
I worked for a large Mortgage Bank where I only did 6 weeks of work in an entire year. And, that code was shelved also. But, they kept on paying me and that is the important part, of course. 😆
I have experience in startups, small companies, medium companies, and large corporations... And this comment is... I mean... If you think that people at a big corp go home at 5 every day, don't work crazy hours, don't gain as much experience, or may not get burnt out... I have bad news for you.
It depends on your own ambitions and expectations...
100% accurate 😂
"Big corp: go home at 5 every day. Nice conversations at the coffee machine about the mortgage and the leasecar. Might need to write a line of code somewhere between meetings."
Yep, I've worked at Big Corp too (a few of them) and this is why I wasn't shocked at all when huge numbers of layoffs came from BigCorps recently.
Actually, I was more shocked that it hadn't happened sooner -- especially after 2008 for example.
I worked for a large Mortgage Bank where I only did 6 weeks of work in an entire year. And, that code was shelved also. But, they kept on paying me and that is the important part, of course. 😆
I have experience in startups, small companies, medium companies, and large corporations... And this comment is... I mean... If you think that people at a big corp go home at 5 every day, don't work crazy hours, don't gain as much experience, or may not get burnt out... I have bad news for you.
I'm glad I don't have to choose between the two...