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> I'm extremely thankful that early in my career I realized that I enjoy working for smaller companies Same. I have at worked at bigger organisations, at some
by ehnto 4y ago
> I'm extremely thankful that early in my career I realized that I enjoy working for smaller companies
Same. I have at worked at bigger organisations, at some mid point in my career, and it was reaffirming. I won't dig into the details, but when I think of the word "institutionalized" I think of how peculiar the way big orgs make you approach most tasks. Your skillset becomes intertwined with the institutions until you become encumbered and perversed with arbitrary approaches to things that don't apply outside your institution. You become ossified by these ideas and leaving becomes harder and harder.
- tibbydudeza 4y agoWorked for a corporate and it was amazing to witness folks doing "BS" jobs and getting away with it and people contributing nothing measurable to project outcomes except attending meetings and the release party. I work for much smaller company now - sure there is more pressure, a level of disorganization but everybody contributes.
- yaky 4y agoMy former coworker called it “making your own ball and chain”, and he is a prime example of this as well. He was very good as SAP and ABAP development, so most SAP work would get assigned to him because he can have it done faster than anyone else. Which also means no one else is getting much experience or training on SAP. And because he is always busy with SAP, he never gets trained on anything else either. Leaving was not a realistic option due to lack of experience in any development outside of SAP and SAP setup and customizations being very specific to the industry and the company.