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Discussion on: What are the big differences between working for a "tech company" and being a dev for a "non-tech company"

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Paweł Świątkowski

Many true things were already said, I'll add one more: feedback.

When working in tech, you are creating the actual product. People interact ith what you create and you will get back feedback about what you did.

In non-tech you are only creating an addition, even if it's customer-facing. I never heard anyone saying "wow, this shipment tracking on your e-commerce is AMAZING", people will always speak about the product they bought.

Now, this is not good-bad spectrum. But for some people this kind of feedback is more important that for others. I've also met people who don't like this and prefer to work behind the scenes. For them it might be important factor when choosing between tech or non-tech.