I’ve found it to be the opposite but it’s not really either/or. Over here in the UK, if I constantly chase the new hotness I will have plenty of new startups t

I’ve found it to be the opposite but it’s not really either/or. Over here in the UK, if I constantly chase the new hotness I will have plenty of new startups to choose from but I’ll almost always be low-balled on pay with some practically meaningless equity package. Gaining more in-depth experience opens up the better paying positions further up the ladder in more established companies. Don’t want to keep your head in the sand for years but at the same time, there are a lot of skills that can’t be learned if you stay exclusively at the bleeding edge.