Re:Ask HN: Working at a Startup vs. Large Companies
by staunch on Sunday June 12, 2011 @09:51PM
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Technical skills are similar whether startup or BigCo.
I'm talking about everything else. The habits and thinking you'll develop. The way you'll learn to work and interact with coworkers/customers. The things that will motivate you. The way you'll be rewarded or punished. And a bunch of other things.
The environment of a well run big company and a well run startup are very different (for good reasons). You don't learn to succeed at one by working at the other.
I'm talking about everything else. The habits and thinking you'll develop. The way you'll learn to work and interact with coworkers/customers. The things that will motivate you. The way you'll be rewarded or punished. And a bunch of other things.
The environment of a well run big company and a well run startup are very different (for good reasons). You don't learn to succeed at one by working at the other.