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Context: I have worked for startups and large companies in data roles.

For startups, things move much faster but there might be less of a defined process on what to do. You'll be learning how to deal with ambiguity but also have the opportunity to establish leadership and set the direction.

For large companies, there have vast amounts of interesting datasets to explore to but depending on where they are at with their data journey, it might require significant amount of time for cleaning. Everything you propose might require approvals, consensus depending on the structure of the organization. They also have vast financial resources to spend on new technology so if you are thinking about the tech giants and if you can develop expertise in them, it might be a path there.

Based on your aim to get into a tech company in the future, I would lean slightly towards the large retail company given a stronger brand name.