Hot take (& a bit biased) but I think it's extremely valuable to work at FANG or another big co early in your career. 

Lets you establish a great foundation (mature infra & coding practices), lots of smart minds you can learn from, high salaries, etc. 

Learning & growth gets capped so only valuable at the start tho.

cma.xyz. Founder /paragraph, ceo /mirror, previously at Google & Coinbase 

100% - tons of wisdom baked into everything. Y-intercept from big co, slope from moonlighting fun projects or smaller startups