"I do realize that these are multi-billion-dollar companies, the best in the industry, and I'm nothing compared to them." Making a lot of $ as a company does n

"I do realize that these are multi-billion-dollar companies, the best in the industry, and I'm nothing compared to them." Making a lot of $ as a company does not automatically mean that every individual working for the company is "the best in the industry". And the more they hire, the more this will be true. I have worked with people who ended up working for Google and they were certainly not the best developers I have worked with. They were good but not great. Also, to make a lot of $ as a company you need to have a good business. You don't need top developers. Just good enough developers. With a few really good ones mixed in to take care of the core components. A great business idea with OK developers beats a bad business idea with top developers every time.