"For individuals the upshot is the same: aim small. It will always suck to work for large organizations, and the larger the organization, the more it will suck."
do you agree?
do you agree?
It was a mess, sales made horrible promisses to customers, and letting us build demo after demo. The CEO was going round every day pushing people to work harder. And everytime the guy read some tech news we had to drop everything and switch technology to be 'more innovative'.
Right now I'm working in a large company (> 1000 employees)
I have a steady budget for my team. There are targets offcourse, but overall a lot of freedom to do with my team we think is best. Management doesn't get involved in any tech descisions. Wouldn't wanne go back to my startup years...
i feel more free to be creative, to implement interesting stuff, to experiment. not having that management layer on top of you is kind of liberating.
ofc this is not for everyone (just like remote work is not for everyone -- i love it, but i don't recommend that every single developer out there stays at home from monday on), but i do think (from my own experience) that you will become a better professional working for startups.