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This is a fairly hard question, and inherently ha bias. What I will say is this, I believe every company from Google to the startup down the street will have so
by lettergram 10y ago
This is a fairly hard question, and inherently ha bias. What I will say is this, I believe every company from Google to the startup down the street will have some fault.
However, one of the largest faults I've seen in my years working is the arrogance. I have personally found startups to be some of the most humble in that regard, they'll push you to make design choices other shops won't have you make, and if you mess up, your job is much more on the line. This humbles many engineers, and in my opinion creates a better culture.
Larger companies breed arrogance, people learn their niche, there's "in breeding" so to speak. Engineers learn and specialize, and believe they are the smartest or most knowledgeable. This will create arrogance. Where as startups will train everyone to be tricks of the trade, masters of none. And people will learn to improve generally.
- nrjdhsbsid 10y agoI've had the opposite experience. Not universal, but I find most startups I've interviewed with extremely arrogant. The nicest workplaces for me have been the old and steady companies with boring software. Things I see a lot in startups: Lack of real world business experience, so terrible management. "we're the best" attitude pervasive in everything. Hyper focused on the technology used over the job at hand. Unrealistic expectations in general. I'm gonna be rich because I'm awesome founders club.
- ice109 10y agoechos my experience at a fintech startup.
- BeetleB 10y agoThat's my perception of startups too. Some of them pretty much require you to believe the company is the best, and if you express moderation, it is a sign that you are not going to give your all to make the company succeed. You know, the faulty "If you don't think you're the best, then you never will be" advice everyone seems to believe (not just in startups).
- fizwhiz 10y agoI think you meant "jack of all trades". I also think it is wrong to conflate breadth with "improving generally".