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I think this article is quite narrow minded. If all you care about is base salary, sure you can go to Cisco and sit in there. But: * You will have a specialize

by electic 13y ago

I think this article is quite narrow minded. If all you care about is base salary, sure you can go to Cisco and sit in there. But: * You will have a specialized job at a big company. * You will not be able to try new things and expand your skill set at a big company. * You will never build anything big that defines you at a big company. * There are very few "big" companies that work on exciting things. You will likely working on something boring. Yes, Conde Nast is boring. Thus: * No one is going to make you a VP. You've never proven yourself or taken any risks. * There are many startups that have 'made it' and those risk takers who came on early, made a lot of cash. * You will wonder for the rest of your life if that could have been you. So if you feel that base salary and low risk is you, Cisco, Juniper, eBay, etc, all have your name on it. Please go there.

codex 13y ago
This might have been true in the past, but companies like Google and Facebook are now run like a conglomeration of small startups--in part to retain talent. Google's 20 percent time is a good example.
- SurfScore 13y ago
  I've heard many times that Google's 20 percent time is going the way of the dodo. Don't work at Google or anything, just heard you really have to push to get it now.
unreal37 13y ago
Allow me to respectfully disagree. Everyone's experience is different, and I don't know what yours is, but I have had several jobs at BIG companies that defy your rules. I have designed and developed several big multi-million dollar systems at enterprise scale. I am always able to try new things and expand my skills. Almost every company works on "exciting things" (although maybe you define exciting as a web-based project management system and I define exciting as highly-configurable e-commerce platform). This comment is quite narrow minded, actually. Lots of companies, of various sizes, offer exciting and interesting projects with lots of freedom and control to the individual. If yours doesn't, keep looking.

by electic 13y ago

codex 13y ago

This might have been true in the past, but companies like Google and Facebook are now run like a conglomeration of small startups--in part to retain talent. Google's 20 percent time is a good example.

SurfScore 13y ago
I've heard many times that Google's 20 percent time is going the way of the dodo. Don't work at Google or anything, just heard you really have to push to get it now.

unreal37 13y ago

Allow me to respectfully disagree. Everyone's experience is different, and I don't know what yours is, but I have had several jobs at BIG companies that defy your rules. I have designed and developed several big multi-million dollar systems at enterprise scale. I am always able to try new things and expand my skills. Almost every company works on "exciting things" (although maybe you define exciting as a web-based project management system and I define exciting as highly-configurable e-commerce platform). This comment is quite narrow minded, actually. Lots of companies, of various sizes, offer exciting and interesting projects with lots of freedom and control to the individual. If yours doesn't, keep looking.