Not sure somebody who worked in only two companies for short periods should be giving such "life experience" talks, making some broad generalizations and giving

Not sure somebody who worked in only two companies for short periods should be giving such "life experience" talks, making some broad generalizations and giving advice. How about a PoV from somebody with 30 years of experience, 6 countries, 14 companies which includes 5 startups (3 very profitable exits and 2 failures) as well as big corporates? Sure, working for a Global 2000 sometimes sucks. In 9 out of 10 times your impact on a product might be lower, you might be spending too much time in meetings and you might have a PHB. But you know what? 9 out of 10 times your startup work will suck too. You might still end up with a PHB. Your amazing product ideas might be rejected. You might end up working 100h weeks and not get paid at all for weeks. Even after all my startup experience I prefer working for large corporations. Number of times I was able to build and justify a business case for using latest and coolest technology. I got to envision and develop products which were backed by up to 100M in funding. I got to wear more hats than in a startup. I get paid 400K+ per year + an occasional nice surprise of a full year bonus. There's many more people you have to deal with in a large corporation and many times those people will be close minded, selfish and not interested in your ideas. It did frustrate me for a while, but then I started approaching it like any other technology problem, learned more about applied psychology, negotiations, facilitation and now I enjoy the combination of dealing with people problems, policies and technology problems at the same time.