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"Future career prospects"... well, that depends. What does he want that future career to be? More work as a peon in other giant corporations, climbing the ladde

by beat 13y ago

"Future career prospects"... well, that depends. What does he want that future career to be? More work as a peon in other giant corporations, climbing the ladder to middle management? That sort of thing can lead to looking back twenty years, thinking, "Why on Earth did I waste all that time?" Believe me, I know. I often quote Mr. Morden from Babylon 5, asking "What do you want?" Most people don't have the nerve to even look what they want in the eye.

jiggy2011 13y ago
You aren't cast into one thing for life unless you choose to be. I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience. Out of people I know working for startup type companies, one cut his teeth building enterprise Java stuff at a bank and the other spent time in the military.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  >>I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience. More importantly, a lot of them would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft connections.
eshvk 13y ago
> That sort of thing can lead to looking back twenty years, thinking, "Why on Earth did I waste all that time? "waste" is subjective. Twenty years of your life working 100 hours a week in startups? Twenty years of your life traveling the world with a low paying job? A particular path being appealing to you doesn't necessarily make other paths bad. > Most people don't have the nerve to even look what they want in the eye. Sure. Imagine the man who doesn't accept that all he wants is a stable job which will let him spend more time with his family. Instead, he works at a tiny company day in and day out, dreaming of the big payoff (with paid dinners).
hatu 13y ago
When you're fresh out of college and/or looking for your first real job, working for any company with great engineering is very good for you and your career. You don't have to stay there for 20 years and become middle management. You can go from junior to staff/senior level programmer and learn real-world software development while getting compensated nicely. The same problems and lessons are learned as by going the startup way.

by beat 13y ago

jiggy2011 13y ago

You aren't cast into one thing for life unless you choose to be. I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience. Out of people I know working for startup type companies, one cut his teeth building enterprise Java stuff at a bank and the other spent time in the military.

enraged_camel 13y ago
>>I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience. More importantly, a lot of them would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft connections.

eshvk 13y ago

> That sort of thing can lead to looking back twenty years, thinking, "Why on Earth did I waste all that time? "waste" is subjective. Twenty years of your life working 100 hours a week in startups? Twenty years of your life traveling the world with a low paying job? A particular path being appealing to you doesn't necessarily make other paths bad. > Most people don't have the nerve to even look what they want in the eye. Sure. Imagine the man who doesn't accept that all he wants is a stable job which will let him spend more time with his family. Instead, he works at a tiny company day in and day out, dreaming of the big payoff (with paid dinners).

hatu 13y ago

When you're fresh out of college and/or looking for your first real job, working for any company with great engineering is very good for you and your career. You don't have to stay there for 20 years and become middle management. You can go from junior to staff/senior level programmer and learn real-world software development while getting compensated nicely. The same problems and lessons are learned as by going the startup way.