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Started my career at startups and very small companies. After 15 years, I couldn't imagine working for a larger shop. I liked the startup vibe. The feeling that we were really building something. The confidence that I was the guy—the expert, indispensable. Until I wasn't. I was laid off with everyone else when times turned tough. And again. And again. At some point, I decided to change careers a bit and look at larger companies. The problem was I didn't know what job to even look for. I had spent my whole career being the "resident expert," the guru, the problem solver with a meaningless, made-up title. On paper, I realized I didn't really look qualified for anything.
But I got myself into a pre-sales role—first at a late stage startup and then at a smallish public company.
I was nervous. How will I know all these people? How will I navigate this org? How will I make an impact? Will the culture be lame? And that's when I realized: it's a good thing to have other people in my role. People who know how to do this job. People who do all of the other jobs I was used to also doing myself. Good onboarding and enablement and documentation and product roadmap. Precedent and processes and a real HR team. And stock options with actual value.
Granted, I'd still be nervous moving up to a SFDC or a MSFT, but now I can't imagine going back to startup life. The grinding and stress and uncertainty.
Move up to a public company in, say, the 300-1000 employee range and see how it feels. Then you'll know whether you might fit somewhere even bigger.
The pros are mostly community. If you hate being the only guy familiar with a topic or having no one to cover for you during vacations, a larger company is great.
My personal experience so far is that the total comp package in hypergrowth start ups is hard to beat. They've got money to spare. As growth slows down the quotas get harder to meet and the companies stingier. Especially post IPO. Literally couldn't get 32 gigs memory in my MacBook because that "needs a business justification and typically 16 are sufficient". Needs to be escalated 2 levels...