Having a big-name company on your resume helps you get your foot in the door pretty much anywhere else. That's just the way it is. You can use that to your adv

Having a big-name company on your resume helps you get your foot in the door pretty much anywhere else. That's just the way it is. You can use that to your advantage or not, but you won't be helping any low-wage workers by choosing to work at a small tech company over a famous one -- well, maybe you will if you pass on a job offer from Uber, but for the most part, tech companies pay low-level workers better than non-tech companies.