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by jinonoel 2865 days ago
"Why join a startup #1: Acccess to jobs you're unqualified for"

Had a good laugh at this, because it's completely true in my case. 7 years ago became the "data scientist" at a 4-person startup before I even knew what a data scientist actually does. Parlayed that into further data science jobs at somewhat bigger startups. Now I'm Head of Data Science at a stable traditional tech company making good money and this likely wouldn't have been possible without that first startup job.
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therealdrag0 2864 days ago
Happens at other companies too. I have a friend who studied and worked only in EE, then got a job at Microsoft doing data-analytic focused work.

I had only done BE work, then at mid-sized-co I started taking front-end work for fun, and did that full time for 4 months. My work was appreciated even though I had no FE experience.

Big companies might care more about qualifications, but they can also float longer ramp-up times if you're not qualified.

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ggambetta 2865 days ago
Definitely my experience as well :) This is how I ended up being Head of Marketing at Improbable [1] for the first half of 2016. I've since returned to Engineering, but this is definitely an experience I'd never have had at my previous work at Google.

[1] http://improbable.io

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