[hinkley]

Sturgeon’s law.

If it haven’t worked at a terrible place, and you’ve worked more than four places, then congratulations, you won the lottery.

(If you haven’t worked more than, say, six places, you probably have no business telling anybody how the industry is).

[Clubber]

My first job was a terrible place. My second job was a boring place, my third job was a great place, then BOOM dot bomb. My forth job was a great place until we got acquired, then it turned into a terrible place. My sixth job was the same as the fifth. My 7th job is both great and terrible at the same time.

For me, small companies are great places, but once they get acquired by large companies, they turn into horrible places.

I guess for some people, they feel the opposite about small vs. large companies.

[GuiA]

Why six and not eight? Or four? My father has been a chemical engineer for the same company from ages 22-now (59) and is an expert in his (very) niche field, does that make him unqualified to speak about the state of the chemical engineering industry?

People's experiences are worth listening to even if they've just been in the workforce for a couple years.

[hinkley]

Not when they’re invalidating other people’s experiences.