[alakep]

Strongly disagree. I’ve worked at two startups and found them to have been really educational jobs.

Despite being a recent grad, I was given huge responsibilities and with that huge mentorship (founders couldn’t afford for me to mess up). I think founders are generally smarter than middle managers at big companies, so I think that at least in theory they’d be better mentors.

Only the competent and hardworking keep their jobs/move up at a startup. If you’re someone who wants to work with the best, this is a good thing.

The harder not smarter thing is something this essay might be close to right about. Sometimes there is not time to think deeply about problems.

But…to say startup experience is writing CRUD a bunch is false. Good startups generally use cutting edge tech—no legacy systems and less maintenance and migration pains.