Share your experience of working for a startup.
One Pro and One Con 🤔.
Is their any suggestion for the college students who wanna do Masters ?
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Top comments (40)
Pro:
-A lot of opportunity to grow and learn, really getting your hands "dirty", and "failing fast"
-greater autonomy, little to no micromanagement
-can dress-down
Con:
-Not so attractive pay, but not always, depends on company
-possibillity of wearing multiple hats from time to time
-Less to no opportunity for mentorship from seniors esp. if you are one of the pioneer devs
-little to no assurance of the company's business continuity (esp. if it's in its early stages and still building its MVP)
Pro: Decent control over company success and personal career growth. If you're determined to take on a challenge it's a lot more likely you'll be able to do it in a startup vs big org. Get to learn what true failure can look like vs big org where everything's a bit abstracted away.
Con: Typically lower wages, but not always. Kind of depends. Probably less guidance/time from managers, need to figure things out on your own and be okay with having to retrace steps when direction was wrong.
Both environments have their own unique flavors of toxicity and abuse.
I think it's probably emotionally easier to leave a big corp if things aren't working out vs startups.
Such a summarized experience ! xD
Pro: great
Con: as long as it's not morphing into a company and thinks it has grown up
IMHO: Stop studying in universities for bachelors, masters and titles. Start studying for your life, work and passion! Start learning while living a grateful and joyful life. You can do everything!
Woah Thanks !!!!!!!!!! :)
Pro: Everything I do impact directly on the final user. Which in my case are people seeking for jobs. That adds purpose to my work and makes me excited to get out of bed every morning and go do something for them.
Con: Lack of processes/structure. I feel like the things I needed most (recognition, feedbacks, support for professional development) I needed to fight for and also bring ideas to the leaders. Also, it's very easy to give your all and lose balance of work/life.
BTW, there are a lot of startups in different stages. For me, I wouldn't work in a startup that is working/finishing their MVP. I feel like the con would be even bigger.
This sounds great ... 🙂
Pro: Smaller team = more opportunities to learn
Con: Smaller team = more risk
There are a lot more pros and cons, but those are the two that stand out the most to me. If your young and starting out, its one of the better times to take on risk. Just be aware of all the horror stories of working at failing startups (90% of startups will fail), if you aren't getting paid $, and instead are getting paid in shares or something, then get out 😉
Yeah I totally agree
Pro: wearing multiple hats -> deepening and widening your knowledge: priceless
Con: can't think of any. And BTW anyone who suggests that one startup "con" is "no job security" is dreaming; companies of every size lay off people at the drop of a hat, every day. Best antidote? see "Pro" above 😀
Pro: get freedom to make choices (like framework, libraries, etc) and the chance to have a real impact on the product you are building
Con: it's probably you'd have to work extra during the week or even on weekends sometime. Also it's common for the startup to change direction on the go, so you must be prepared to follow without getting frustrated but excited
At least that was my experience so far in the last few years
Extra time :( ... 😭
I wouldn't categorize as pros/cons. I leave it to your discretion. I will just mention points that you might expect startup can have:
Agree with these
Pro: Able to oversee the whole project and actually work on different things that will enable you to see essentials to software development itself. You'll learn the importance of tests, writing style and such. Able to meet almost everyday to discuss things.
Con: Low wage. Lesser review, probably because nobody is actually assigned in quality assurance.
Of course, this is purely from my experience so it will vary greatly but for me, it's worth a shot!
Pros > Cons eventually
Pro: lots and lots of knowledge about computer science
Cons: No job security, Lower wages. but probably compensates to the knowledge but not enough when you got to earn a amount to at least support yourself!
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