Sadly, experience you get in some start ups will not help you get a better job. When I was a manager in big corp, here what was important for us. These things

Sadly, experience you get in some start ups will not help you get a better job. When I was a manager in big corp, here what was important for us. These things you will not gain in some start ups (and in some you will definitely learn): - How to write and communicate functional, design, and QA specs - How to properly setup unit, module, program, product, and system testing - Understand security issues And the funny thing is that startups which will help you to grown in areas above are anyway going to be ones which do offer market base salary.