It's hard to generalize. In the same way that not all startups are created equal, this is even truer for digital agencies. And even different offices within the

It's hard to generalize. In the same way that not all startups are created equal, this is even truer for digital agencies. And even different offices within the agency network. There's a lot of great work coming from agencies [1][2]. But there's also several agencies that are just doing busy work, making a living by getting basic digital production work done. If you have an offer from a digital agency, I'd look carefully at: 1) the type of work you'll be doing (and, more specifically, which clients) 2) to whom you'll report to, and the experience of your peers 3) what this agency has done in the past, that you think would add value to your career. Good luck! If you need help assessing your options, feel free to drop me a note. Email on my profile. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_(programming_library) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_(programming_library) [2] http://www.compositeframework.io/ http://www.compositeframework.io/ EDIT: having said that, there's good things to learn on both. A startup teaches you to be flexible, and to move fast, be lean, focus on the product. Agencies teach you to scale things, to get the work done in teams, to work with enterprise clients.