Medium sized companies of all stripes seem to be the best for someone early in their career. Small enough to notice you, but big enough to have somewhere to mov

Medium sized companies of all stripes seem to be the best for someone early in their career. Small enough to notice you, but big enough to have somewhere to move you once you are noticed. One of the biggest problems with a startup - if there are 10 engineers, where can you get promoted to? The converse problem at a large company, there are plenty of places to get promoted to but getting recognized is often hard. I've been at my job 9 months at a big company and have had 2 different bosses already. My boss's boss oversees 100 people and barely knows me. How do you built continuity and a reputation? Medium sized (50-250 people?) seems the best, but are sometimes hardest to find. They aren't on the S&P500, but they also aren't young enough to get press in Techcrunch.