I love corporate work myself. I worked for small startups, but I feel better supported with a large organization. I love middle-managers. It’s the one occupati

I love corporate work myself. I worked for small startups, but I feel better supported with a large organization. I love middle-managers. It’s the one occupation everyone hates, but its sooooo important. They are able to keep focus, and make sure corporate pathologies don’t sink in. Plus, they’re very nice people. I like chit chatting with the devs two floors up. They’re usually working on different projects, but facing all the same issues. Learning about the other teams around coffee or at lunch is fun. I love the rumor mill. So and sos team is being split up. The manager that just resigned is starting his own company. We are about win a gigantic contract with the NSA. None of it’s true, of course. But it’s fun! I like having an accounting department. We have these crazy accounting people who do all their work out loud, so we always know what they’re doing. I once heard then arguing over my paystub, so I walked over and asked if I could help. They were shocked I was real person and not some numbers on paper. The politics are better when the company has a more formal way of doing things. Good companies have a cursus honorum. At the end of the day I like big companies for the same reasons I like big cities: lots of people.