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I'll comment based on the context of the question submitted. The student is a sophomore. If the student were about to graduate, if newly out of college the answer would require some thinking. If they are a sophomore I would say, startup hands down. As a sophomore I would assume they don't have any experience, or any risk, or any real need for money. It easier to do a startup at that point in life. They will find if they love it or hate it. It's better to test the waters then, instead of after college when they have real risks, a real need for money (house, spouse, kids, etc) Me personally, I founded my first startup my junior year of college, which lead to co-founding a second startup while in grad school. Both startups had little to no profit. There were weeks where I easily put in 40-60 hours+ a week in along with a full time engineering course load. And yes, I still maintained a social life and remained active in campus organizations. Post-graduation, I'm on my 3rd 'corporate' job. My current job and previous employment were with publicly listed, multinational companies who decided to start innovation centers/incubators...not only build their next generation of products, but in-source everything back to the US. I also think it's a fallacy to generalize the work, and people in startup vs corporate life. My first employer, I ran circles around most of the developers, and had to be there 8 hours a day...I rarely worked more than 8. My 2nd job, I was the least senior of all the hires and everyone ran circles around me. My current one, I'm in the middle of the pack as far as experience, and hours are reasonable. tl;dr While in college do a startup. |