Question to professional software engineers...

[jinduy]

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right now i'm in a corp environment... not really digging it after a year at all... too political, everyone's always trying to find someone else to blame.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I intentionally picked small companies for this job and my previous one.

At a small company you have a huge impact on the product and get to do a wider variety of work.

At a large company you can easily end up a small cog in the machine, and might end up pigeonholed into a narrow, repetitive kind of work.

.... and at a small company everyone is expected to do their job or they're out the door.

 

[Jumpem]

Corporation for sure. Stability, technology, and advancement are all much better.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Large = Safety Net. Available resources for training and tools/Paperwork up the rear for standardization / cutthroat egos
Small = Put up or shut up. Less resources/more inovation/more recognition / possible less pay but potential for growth.

Been at both - prefer small

 

[jinduy]

interesting points...

i've only been in corporating and i can agree with the paperwork up the rear for standardization

 

[CrazyDe1]

Startups...if you have good skills you'll have a job regardless. If you do it right you have a job for at least 2 years, you can influence the products, the culture, and have the flexibility to contribute to the management tasks such as strategic and revenue based decisions

For one, if you get into a funded startup you'll make the same amount with more room for growth and the ability to hit it big with options. A few people I know make a living out of taking jobs at startups and collecting options and have done very very well

 

[jinduy]

oompa loompa

 

[abc]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Large = Safety Net. Available resources for training and tools/Paperwork up the rear for standardization / cutthroat egos
Small = Put up or shut up. Less resources/more inovation/more recognition / possible less pay but potential for growth.

Been at both - prefer small

some 'pure' bigshop people couldn't hack it if downsized and forced into a smaller company where you may have to demonstrate a wider range of skills.

u wonder if they deserved the big bucks back at the big shops, some really do not.

 

[jinduy]

Originally posted by: abc

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Large = Safety Net. Available resources for training and tools/Paperwork up the rear for standardization / cutthroat egos
Small = Put up or shut up. Less resources/more inovation/more recognition / possible less pay but potential for growth.

Been at both - prefer small

some 'pure' bigshop people couldn't hack it if downsized and forced into a smaller company where you may have to demonstrate a wider range of skills.

u wonder if they deserved the big bucks back at the big shops, some really do not.

the thing that bothers me with these "big shops" is that there's too much job securities sometimes... i see people who have no place in our team and always have to have someone else cover their butts, the managers might know or they might not know but it's very hard to fire someone or lay them off in my company.

 

[johnjbruin]

been only at large - like it

 

[DaFinn]

I like the enterprise edition...

 

[jinduy]

bump

 

[Whitecloak]

I have worked in both - I prefer the smaller one.

 

[jinduy]

hi can you guys explain why, i'm just curious. thanks.

 

[boggsie]

I prefer the small shop / small team environment.

Building software systems is similar to manufacturing something. You figure out who your customer is and create something to satisfy their need.

Many times in the big environment, a smaller scale project with a limited shelf life is required to be 'manufactured' using the same processes that you would use to augment parts of the Enterprise Architecture. This is far from optimal and results in lots of wasted time and effort for the small project.

The small shop / small team allows for flexability in the software process so that you enjoy the freedom of scaling processes up or down, depending on the needs of the project.

 

[khlee]

both are boring to me. research is the way to go.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Engineers build things.

Researchers come up with ideas that Engineers can use :thumbsupr show that are no good.:thumbsdown: