[pkill17]

I've got a friend going to NYC for either Goldman or some other big firm; I can't recall which. He's super excited and for good reason! It's an awesome opportunity.

When it comes to connections/networking, what more could you want? Plenty of people with money, people in charge of money, people that will be hiring programmers for years; the lot!

As for knowledge or programming experience, I don't exactly know if it'll be more "rewarding" than a startup. It really depends on what you consider rewarding. You'll learn plenty about surviving a workforce and meeting deadlines in a work environment, that's for sure. I don't think you'll learn much, if anything at all, about web-development unless you're specifically working on some proprietary web-app that handles client interactions.

Can you give us a little more info on what division of the business you'd be working in?