I would say it's comparable, at least in the way I treat a job. If you work at an excellent company, you can learn much, much more than you do at an average jo

I would say it's comparable, at least in the way I treat a job. If you work at an excellent company, you can learn much, much more than you do at an average job, and you'll likely make connections with better people. Working with excellent people at a job has many of the same benefits as studying with many excellent people at a university. It's one of the biggest reasons to go to an elite school, and one of the biggest reasons to work at a very selective job. If it's a great company, I think it's worth giving up some of those things for the chance to work there. If you can show them that you're much better than average, they'd be stupid not to bring you on full time. It's mainly risky if you don't think you can demonstrate that.