Engineering career mobility Who gets promoted?

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Embedded is only on one of the graphs, qq

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Switching between big companies and startups in my own career, I think there's a bit of a hurdle you switching between the two. Both sides view the other as a bit inferior, or maybe that the other side has missing/different skillsets. Startups view employees from big companies as slower moving and more political. Big companies tend to view startup employees as lacking rigor and prestige. Have you ever told an interviewer your company name and then had the interview say: "Hm, never heard of them"?

Loved the article!

Thanks for the note! I get what you're implying which is that maybe it's not the engineers who are biased to stay where they are, but instead it could be the recruiting mechanisms that are biased towards homogeny. This is an interesting takeaway. I do think Startups have the mandate here to do a better job positioning their companies, and finding ways to entice big tech engineers from their companies. I do think startups offer engineers a variation if nothing else, and often allow them to get closer to the business, and thus work on more critical problems.

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