I had a similar wake-up call when I joined a startup. I had over a decade experience working in stable companies, but I learned so much in a short time. What s

I had a similar wake-up call when I joined a startup. I had over a decade experience working in stable companies, but I learned so much in a short time. What surprised me the most, was that I did not improve much technically, as we chose well known technologies to get the job done. Focusing on product over tech was one of the best decisions we made.I also learned to make compromises and accept some technical debt in order to get the product out in time. You get a much deeper view of the business needs when you work in a smaller group.