Startups care more about the short term. If it takes six months for a candidate to get up to speed a startup will probably pass on them regardless of how awesom

Startups care more about the short term. If it takes six months for a candidate to get up to speed a startup will probably pass on them regardless of how awesome they will be in the future. Larger companies don't have to be so short term focused. Google, for example, often hires inexperienced developers who are smart and great problem solvers. They know they can rapidly, over a period of 6-12 months, turn an inexperienced dev into a good dev.