> At least one very important benefit of joining a big, reputable company is that the technical skill level will be good, the career coaching will be good and t

> At least one very important benefit of joining a big, reputable company is that the technical skill level will be good, the career coaching will be good and they probably will even have some sort of education pipeline set up for younger engineers to learn. This hasn't been my experience, at all. The worst code I have work on has been at the biggest, most prestigious tech company that has employed me. And the best learning environment was at a startup that could only afford bootcamp grads.