[steffan]

Stay at your startup for now. You presumably make enough money to buy your own MacBook if you care that much. Ultimately it doesn't matter, it's just hardware.

Focus on the advantages you have in your situation - likely you'll be able to work on a broader part of the business than them and be able to leverage that into a more senior position elsewhere later.

Obviously (or not) you need to evaluate your progress over time. This early in your career it may not be advantageous to stay at one company too long, especially in a fast-paced environment as I understand Bangalore to be.

Re: The psychology of it, over time you'll realize that the perks, while nice, don't actually cost that much. Free snacks at work? Laundry service? Do the math yourself to understand the approximate cost, which will help you value them and help you realize that you're overly concerned about minimal things. Trying to keep up with your friends is just a trap that will make you unhappy.

tl;dr - You have plenty of time to join an MNC later. Learn what you can from your current startup.

[lonewolf9]

Thank you for the reply.... this is the kind of reply I was hoping for, something to bring a little clarity to things and perspective. I guess it's true that it's just a hardware, and anyways I'm just going to use it for office work so it shouldn't matter.

Could you suggest any article/pointers to what I should be evaluating myself on as well as a something of a roadmap for a early stage Software Engineer ?