Anyone have experience in being a SE at a start up vs SE at public traded company? Which one do you prefer

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At a start-up, you’re going to be a jack-of-all-trades, covering a lot more than simply the SE role. A lot of doing and defining things on the fly. Pay will be ok with the lure of stock being the big lure.

At a public company, the role is much more defined. You can focus on the role and know what it’s exactly about. The pay and benefits will be better but the chances to grow will be much more competitive.

I started out at a smaller company with a startup mindset. Then moved to a large publicly traded company.

I learned a lot at the smaller company where they needed the SE to be a jack of all trades and advise on sales strategy as well as technical expertise.

At the larger company, there’s still the ability to branch out and be a jack of all trades, but swim lanes are much more defined and rigid.

Also, at the smaller company we were understaffed and chasing everything. So it was chaotic, both in good and bad ways. It wasn’t dull that’s for sure.

The stability and consistency of the larger company is nice, albeit sometimes boring once you’ve grown accustomed to chaos.

Startup mentality and opportunity to prove yourself can be great for earlier in your career.

I prefer start ups. The pay is good. It allows you to learn a lot more and be flexible. Less red tape.

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