I wish I could upvote this comment again. When I joined the industry as a software engineer I was blown away by all the large companies in the space which I'd n

I wish I could upvote this comment again. When I joined the industry as a software engineer I was blown away by all the large companies in the space which I'd never even heard of. And I'd agree that despite it not being nearly as sexy, it's way more stable and you generally get to tackle more interesting problems. There are plenty of companies most people have probably never heard of which are basically setup as infrastructure or support for the Fortune 500.