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Would you say the downside to leaving a senior team is worth it in this case? By the way, I spent most of my career, however tiny it is, in startups and only r

Would you say the downside to leaving a senior team is worth it in this case? By the way, I spent most of my career, however tiny it is, in startups and only recently I took this job at a large company. Sorry I didn't say earlier. But that, knowing how it is on startups makes it that much more difficult, because I can very well be making a huge mistake, and in 5 years staying in a company with more resources I could be much more experienced with a better résumé. But that is all speculation. Right now I itch for having my own project in a startup where things go Lightspeed.

davismwfl 6y ago
Yea, given that info, it is a little different IMO. You already have seen what a startup can be like. So you have to consider what you need/want most, a) learn from a more experienced team that does things in a more controlled process driven environment (assuming that is a true statement) or b) the startup life where you need to do a lot of self learning. For me this choice would be, what is the startup vs what is the corp job. If you are leaving a good senior team to go to an unknown startup that has unknown founders I'd likely stay at the corp job for 2-3 years and learn. If you have an opportunity at an early startup that has experienced founders or has already hit some key milestones of growth/market/funding it might be different, especially depending on the tech stack and what you'd be doing really (not the romanticized version but actually). Really hard to judge honestly, there are pros and cons on both sides.
- gchamonlive 6y ago
  Thanks for taking the time. It showed me that I am not wrong in thinking this is a hard decision to make.
  - davismwfl 6y ago
    You are welcome It totally is not an easy decision and I think you are right to call it hard as there are truly pros and cons of each side and it is just which do you want to do more. Good luck!

davismwfl 6y ago

Yea, given that info, it is a little different IMO. You already have seen what a startup can be like. So you have to consider what you need/want most, a) learn from a more experienced team that does things in a more controlled process driven environment (assuming that is a true statement) or b) the startup life where you need to do a lot of self learning. For me this choice would be, what is the startup vs what is the corp job. If you are leaving a good senior team to go to an unknown startup that has unknown founders I'd likely stay at the corp job for 2-3 years and learn. If you have an opportunity at an early startup that has experienced founders or has already hit some key milestones of growth/market/funding it might be different, especially depending on the tech stack and what you'd be doing really (not the romanticized version but actually). Really hard to judge honestly, there are pros and cons on both sides.

gchamonlive 6y ago
Thanks for taking the time. It showed me that I am not wrong in thinking this is a hard decision to make.
- davismwfl 6y ago
  You are welcome It totally is not an easy decision and I think you are right to call it hard as there are truly pros and cons of each side and it is just which do you want to do more. Good luck!