> ..but at the big company, the feeling of satisfaction from running into random people who have used what I made would still be somewhat infrequent. Online fo

> ..but at the big company, the feeling of satisfaction from running into random people who have used what I made would still be somewhat infrequent. Online forums, discussion groups etc. can makes them very frequent, global, profound and in many cases very visible to your friends & families - who otherwise would not know what you are working at the small startup.