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I've always thought this problem to be overstated. It doesn't make financial sense to work for a startup, but the upside is that you get to work on something yo
by sayrer 7y ago
I've always thought this problem to be overstated. It doesn't make financial sense to work for a startup, but the upside is that you get to work on something you care about (and even the startup salaries aren't that bad in the grand scheme).
- amznthrowaway5 7y ago> the upside is that you get to work on something you care about As a counter example, I found this is far more true at big companies, where you can switch teams until you find one that fits your interest, then at a startup where you are expected to work on basic infra that the company doesn't handle. For the data/ML related jobs that I was looking for and the industry is moving towards, big companies have tons of valuable data that startups could only dream of acquiring.
- sayrer 7y agoI like the Elad Gil take on this issue: at big companies, you can have more /impact/, for the reasons you state. At small companies, you have more control. That's in the high-growth handbook. :)