This is SUCH a good question and I've been thinking about this recently.
After I received my Computer Science degree I caught a ton of grief for not going into a product team and instead going to IT, Intel's massive IT organization to be exact. Old, slow, structured, etc. I found it to be structured, but still able to find the things described above as part of the small startup opportunity.
The back half of my career (so far) I moved to smaller companies who have lusted over selling their products to those larger corporations.
Having a mix of both on my resume has been hugely valuable. Having experience working for both small and large gives me a fantastic perspective. Building products for enterprise developers is really building products for me from a few years ago.
I completely agree with you! As someone who has worked for a very large, unwieldy and bureaucratic administration and now a much more nimble company, I can attest to the value of having a diverse range of experiences on my resume. Being able to leverage my previous experience in a large organization and apply those insights to a smaller, more agile company is so rewarding. It's amazing how much transferable knowledge and skills we can gain from different work environments.
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This is SUCH a good question and I've been thinking about this recently.
After I received my Computer Science degree I caught a ton of grief for not going into a product team and instead going to IT, Intel's massive IT organization to be exact. Old, slow, structured, etc. I found it to be structured, but still able to find the things described above as part of the small startup opportunity.
The back half of my career (so far) I moved to smaller companies who have lusted over selling their products to those larger corporations.
Having a mix of both on my resume has been hugely valuable. Having experience working for both small and large gives me a fantastic perspective. Building products for enterprise developers is really building products for me from a few years ago.
I completely agree with you! As someone who has worked for a very large, unwieldy and bureaucratic administration and now a much more nimble company, I can attest to the value of having a diverse range of experiences on my resume. Being able to leverage my previous experience in a large organization and apply those insights to a smaller, more agile company is so rewarding. It's amazing how much transferable knowledge and skills we can gain from different work environments.