I worked for two startups which ended up acquired by Yahoo. The engineering culture is fantastic. Some of the smartest people I know work there. The rest of the

I worked for two startups which ended up acquired by Yahoo. The engineering culture is fantastic. Some of the smartest people I know work there. The rest of the company seems sclerotic and obsessed with turf wars. That's what did it for me. It was difficult to get things done quickly. Every cool & useful project was almost an act of rebellion. It's galling to see so much latent potential. Don't look at it as "no worse than big corps". The shame is that it's no better.