timdaub
@timdaub.eth
A friend speaks highly of big tech companies and the opportunities they offer to employees. His goal is to work there one day. You‘ve never worked there, but grinded your way through startups. He asks you for your opinion, is it worth it? What is your response?
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darth grin
@grin
Startups don’t have to be a grind There are other trajectories than yc-backed sigma grindset unicorn on steroids
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Alex Palmer
@thatalexpalmer.eth
What professional outcome would he be thrilled to have achieved within 2-4 years? I think it depends on that. There's a lot of value in working with experienced and discerning professionals. While not everyone in big tech is either discerning or professional, the chances of finding them are higher than in startups.
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
I think the big question is: what does he want to achieve? What's his goal? Does he want to join because the status of the company? Because it is cool to work there? Or because he wants to learn a skill that's not possible to get anywhere else? The answer to these questions should give the right way to move forward.
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chandresh 🪴
@chandresh.eth
as a famous person once said: in the end, it doesn't even matter
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Avi 💙
@savvyavi
There are two main questions here: 1) do you understand HIS real need for asking your opinion? Are you clear on that? 2) Do you have an authentic response that actually addresses the above need? Almost everything is about understanding the underlying need, me thinks;-)
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
If you know people who are there/are from there - relay your opinion with that caveat. Otherwise you’re just repeating Google-able knowledge Depending on what social class you’re from it’s a life changing opp. You won’t grow as fast in certain skills (grit/etc) vs startup but you’ll grow faster in others (po
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Sara
@sara
Yes. I never knew.
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Abhinav Vishwa
@vishwa
I believe it's good to work there early in your career to learn from folks much senior than yours, then move to startups mid-career to apply some of those lessons. Above usually create a pretty good foundation to build something of your own later because you have learned from both structure and chaos.
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