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If you're a top-shelf coder who can write his own meal ticket to anywhere: nah, working at a post-IPO facebook doesn't sound particularly worthwhile. If you're
by planetguy 14y ago
If you're a top-shelf coder who can write his own meal ticket to anywhere: nah, working at a post-IPO facebook doesn't sound particularly worthwhile.
If you're a so-so coder then, hey, big company, steady paycheck! What's not to like?
- tluyben2 14y agoBut why jump through hoops? You can be a programmer at Exxon (or another big company outside Google or Fogcreek :) and get in sleeping. If you are a so-so coder that sounds more interesting?
- utlanning 14y agoPrestige.
- khuey 14y agoThere's value in working at a company whose primary business is what you do. I expect that programmers are treated better at $AVERAGE_SOFTWARE_COMPANY than at $AVERAGE_NOT_SOFTWARE_COMPANY.
- cageface 14y agoIt depends. Some big but untechnical companies will think you're magic and pay you big bucks for very easy work. If you just want to collect a paycheck and go home you could do worse.