Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff on this: "Ignore Company Size Great engineering mentors reside at companies of all sizes. Coding best practices are broadly simi

Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff on this: "Ignore Company Size Great engineering mentors reside at companies of all sizes. Coding best practices are broadly similar between both large and small companies, provided both are on the leading edge. That should come as no surprise because engineers need to solve many of the same root problems, no matter what the size of the company. Failure at a small company with a great engineering team is not as risky as you might think. Even if your employer fails, recruiters are quite knowledgeable about which companies have recruited great technical leaders and are desperate to hire their disciples. Perhaps even more surprising is engineers from failed companies with great technical reputations are far more vigorously pursued than engineers from successful companies that lack killer technical reputations. Once again, the most important consideration is the quality of people from whom you can learn." http://eng.wealthfront.com/2014/02/career-planning-for-new-grad-and-young.html http://eng.wealthfront.com/2014/02/career-planning-for-new-g...