I'm not sure you can say the startup impact is measurable either. You certainly can't measure it by monetary value. Mindlessly building what is handed to you i

I'm not sure you can say the startup impact is measurable either. You certainly can't measure it by monetary value. Mindlessly building what is handed to you is a culture problem and not a company size problem. Some startups have less freedom than some corporations but both usually grant more freedom to more senior people. You can still 'wear many hats' at some mega corps too, if the company only has 'engineer' as a title then you are expected to basically do 'everything' . The team you are on will decide what the balance is though. I think all of what you said could apply to both sizes of the companies.