I just cringed at the thought of some BigCo software company project management tracking obsessive approach being pigeonholed onto a startup. Or the various other ‘processes’ that built up continually over the years at BigCo to minimize any sort of risk at the expense of speed and flexibility.

The bigger benefit is working with really smart people. I think you’re over valuing the utility of a lot of the stuff that goes on at bigger firms, mostly out of necessity but also many times due to managers trying to justify their own existence in the company so they create ‘processes’. But also just merely the scale of the operation where highly automated fancy systems would be a complete waste of time for a startup with a small team and a short run way.