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Precisely what it says: young people. Source: I'm majoring in CS in university right now, and most of my colleagues hold startups/Facebook/Google in high prest
by personjerry 12y ago
Precisely what it says: young people.
Source: I'm majoring in CS in university right now, and most of my colleagues hold startups/Facebook/Google in high prestige, while older companies such as Amazon and Microsoft are often seen as second tier.
- lorenzfx 12y agoAmazon was founded in 1994, Google in 1998. Do those four years really make the difference? I believe the reason for Google being hold in high prestige must lie somewhere else than being a 'young' company.
- personjerry 12y agoI think Amazon and Microsoft are also known as being bureaucratic-heavy companies, another big factor against being a good place to work as a software engineer (at least this is the impression we have been given).
- lmartel 12y agoYou're right, it's about more abstract prestige. I'm also a current CS student, and among my peers working for Google is "cooler" than working for Twitter, even though the latter is much younger.
- UmDieWelt 12y agoI guess CS students can't be bothered to know anything about companies, because there's no rational way to rank companies the way you described.