Go with which one you think you will like the best, if the pay is similar. On HN people naturally assume this means a startup but sometimes the bigcorp is the c

Go with which one you think you will like the best, if the pay is similar. On HN people naturally assume this means a startup but sometimes the bigcorp is the correct choice. For instance, I would work at Apple before I took a job at another online music startup, but I'd work at another online music startup before I took a job at Oracle. Upside for non-founder early stage employees is pretty bad unless the company is Google quality or flips in 18 months. I won't ever be an early stage employee again unless it's a weird situation that pays $100K+ per year. Founder, sure... early stage employee... no thanks.