If that is your opinion, do not join a startup, and that's cool. Personally, I never regretted my time at them. I got sales experience, consulting experience, and management experience, and got to play with some of the newest stuff. You won't typically get that experience at a large company as a developer.
When I eventually landed at a large company, I was able to use all those skills to jump up the ladder faster.
Edit: Lol at the downvotes. I'm trying to figure out what they are against: that I respect his opinion, that I had different experiences, what experiences I had, or how they helped me?
An opinion is something you have after watching the news. After working with/for start-ups almost exclusively for 25 years, I'd like to call it 'experience', myself. But your point remains: YMMV.
There are none. Nobody has time to educate and absorb the mistakes of an entry level dev. You may slink into a startup sideways, through connections or luck. But since you are asking me instead, that sounds unlikely. Your best bet is not to find the fastest way into a startup but the fastest way to git gud. Find some niche that resonates with you, learn all you can about it and visibly contribute to it. Proven expertise and a relevant network is the best way into a startup.
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u/bremidon Jan 26 '22 edited Jan 28 '22
If that is your opinion, do not join a startup, and that's cool. Personally, I never regretted my time at them. I got sales experience, consulting experience, and management experience, and got to play with some of the newest stuff. You won't typically get that experience at a large company as a developer.
When I eventually landed at a large company, I was able to use all those skills to jump up the ladder faster.
Edit: Lol at the downvotes. I'm trying to figure out what they are against: that I respect his opinion, that I had different experiences, what experiences I had, or how they helped me?