Ask HN: Am I doomed to always work at startups now?
The first company I worked at was a mid sized, well known company but the last two have both been startups. I left the last company I was at after 2 years because I didn’t agree with the direction the product was going, and now I’m in a similar position at the company I work for now, not really feeling like all the extra work and stress is worth it.
When I worked at my first company (the largest one) I would get recruiters asking me to interview from other similarly sized companies and bigger, but now since I’ve worked at startups the only recruiters messaging me are from startups, most of them being AI wrapper companies. I’ve tried applying to bigger companies but usually don’t hear back or am rejected.
It feels like I’m stuck having to work at startups which I’m not a huge fan of, is there something I can do to position myself better to work at a bigger more established company in the future?