I have to say I'm a bit surprised by the sentiment favoring working at big companies among the majority of comments here. One possible explanation: 1) Statist

I have to say I'm a bit surprised by the sentiment favoring working at big companies among the majority of comments here. One possible explanation: 1) Statistically, most engineers work for big companies. 2) By human nature, people tend to stick to their current jobs, most likely a big company job. Here is a related thread at Quora: http://www.quora.com/If-I-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-later-should-I-now-work-for-a-large-company-or-a-startup http://www.quora.com/If-I-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-later-s...