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Well the argument of the post is that a well thought out technical career should necessarily land a person at a Startup early in their career. Given this positi
by hkmurakami 11y ago
Well the argument of the post is that a well thought out technical career should necessarily land a person at a Startup early in their career. Given this position that the post is taking, adding "startup specific advice" to the title would conflict with the premise of the article.
Now, said premise may very well be entirely wrong (I think the optimal career for most people is to be a lifer at Google), but isn't that what the comments here are for?
- BreakoutList 11y agoI'm curious to hear -- why is the optimal career for most people to be a lifer at Google?
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- UK-AL 11y agoIn terms of money and skills I guess
- YorkianTones 11y agoAs much as startups can "disrupt" by creating new businesses, big tech companies can also create entirely new products or businesses and when they attempt to do so they often succeed. Google has a good shot at eventually being successful with products like glass, self-driving cars, etc. Amazon is already succeeding with AWS and at some point will launch drone delivery. Even if you just own a small feature, it's fulfilling to work on large important products with high impact (legacy products too e.g. gmail). Plus, there is little risk and great payout guaranteed. Contrary to Thiel's comments, I think you're surrounded by brilliant people at a place like Google and will learn constantly and won't stagnate. The key is to not stay on the same team/product forever.
- BreakoutList 11y agoI think that's definitely true if you're on a team like Glass v2 or self driving cars.
- Schwolop 11y agoYes, Google[X] (aka "Special Projects" on their job search portal) is a very different beast to Google proper.