Being in Engineering Management, I agree 1000%. My advice to anyone feeling the pains of that article ... work for smaller companies. The 'operational overhea

Being in Engineering Management, I agree 1000%. My advice to anyone feeling the pains of that article ... work for smaller companies. The 'operational overhead' of smaller companies is much much smaller. Let me add, ive spent a lot of time thinking about what advice to give my children about their first job in real world. As someone in management, here is my advice to them: Don't choose your first job based on salary, title, or company prestige. All of those can and will come with time. Choose your first job based on who you will be reporting to and what type of person they are. Will they understand you? Will you understand them? Will they support you? Can you trust them? The spirit of this advice is that if you have a bad boss, most likely your day, each day, most likely will suck. Sure, twice a month your check will look nice, or maybe your business card will have impressive branding on it, but will you be happy? My wife gave me an article once, it was something like "you spend 1/3 of your waking life at work". Don't hate 1/3 of your waking life. Enjoy it. I believe the best way to enjoy each and every day of work is to have a boss that gets you, supports you, and empowers you.