Working at StartUps vs Investment Banks

[Queen B]

Which do you prefer?

Startups/Tech

Pros
Laid back culture
Dress casually
Free beer and shit
Equity

Cons
Less name recognition/prestige
Less pay than more corporate companies
Crappy benefits/no 401k match
Less room for growth



Investment Banks/Corporate/Hedgefunds/etc

Pros
High prestige/recognition
High pay
Great benefits
Safer career path

Cons
Uptight elitist atmosphere
Have to wear a suit/tie
Long hours
Loss of identity

 

[grey poupon]

Whichever scores me the most punani

 

[Queen B]

I think the happy medium is a large tech company like Facebook/Google/LinkedIn etc, but then you have to deal with all of those socially awkward Asian tech guys that just go home and keep to themselves

 

[FierceRedBelt]

Just as many hours involved in a start up. I'd argue more in fact; and the whole, you know, actually having to have a skillset that you can apply without guidance and someone breathing down your neck to get it done and correctly.

I'd take someone who was a key person through the first three years of a successful startup over the vast majority of company men who have 10 years experience. Especially on the engineering end.

 

[greygoose]

Half your bullet points are so off or can just be applied to the other. You sound poor

 

[Lubaolong]

Is the occupational prestige really that high? I would choose neither.

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

Is the occupational prestige really that high? I would choose neither.

OP spent his first year on Sherdog making threads about his income from his parents' basement.

Tl;dr: perceived prestige matters more to some than it does to others.

 

[Pwent]

Weird to generalize startups since they can be anything the owner wants it to be

 

[Misfit23]

I don't what startups you have worked at but I've interned at startups where they have unlimited vacation time, matching 401k, and generous health coverage. Wages also vary quite a bit. It really depends at what point you enter the startup. Hours are insane though if you are a developer.

 

[Queen B]

I don't what startups you have worked at but I've interned at startups where they have unlimited vacation time, matching 401k, and generous health coverage. Wages also vary quite a bit. It really depends at what point you enter the startup. Hours are insane though if you are a developer.

Unlimited vacation time is probably just a ruse to get people to use less vacation days

 

[M3t4tr0n]

Just sale coke or meth

 

[Oeshon]

Unlimited vacation time is probably just a ruse to get people to use less vacation days

Removes liability / debt from the company. Then the culture forms against taking time off. It is the biggest scam in the world.

I'd like to see someone working for a company with unlimited vacation see how far they can push it.

 

[Pied Piper]

no one in the Bay Area says "tech" thats a term uneducated casuals use

 

[Queen B]

no one in the Bay Area says "tech" thats a term uneducated casuals use

What do they call it

 

[LatFlare]

How is "less room for growth" a con of working at a startup? Isn't the whole point of a startup to grow the business? Growth potential is the the main reason to work at a business like that. You're a fkn idiot ts, enjoy working at mcdonalds the rest of your life, you lil bish.

 

[Queen B]

How is "less room for growth" a con of working at a startup? Isn't the whole point of a startup to grow the business? Growth potential is the the main reason to work at a business like that. You're a fkn idiot ts, enjoy working at mcdonalds the rest of your life, you lil bish.

McDonalds isnt even a job. Its a gig. Unless its Corporate/HQ

 

[LatFlare]

McDonalds isnt even a job. Its a gig. Unless its Corporate/HQ

Tell it to the deep fryer ya fgt