It is often claimed that in start-ups you gain a lot in terms of knowledge and experience compared to big companies ... I guess which have stable/mature tech and well defined processes. Has that happened to you? In which things you find yourself way ahead of your peers?
It varies from team to team and even within the same team.
Me personally, I would say my experience and knowledge has skyrocketed within a very short period of time. Like I can create whole products from scratch, done a couple of times now. System design rounds of HLD and LLD that are asked in interviews, I do them on a regular basis.
In larger companies where multiple people are responsible for 1 system, in startups, you could be responsible for multiple systems. Anything and everything for that system goes through you.
In startups, your peers/counterparts could be people with double/triple your exp, so learning will always be at its peak.
If I were to compare with my friends, while they are making feature requests to an existing mature/stable product, I am owning entire systems.
There are lots of intricacies/challenges/problems associated with creating a system which are already solved in mature products. These things you wouldn't encounter unless you are creating them from scratch.
So if I were to leave and create my own product, I would be better equiped than someone from an mnc.
i've spent quite sometime in early stage startups; thing is you get to learn almost everything. One moment you are worried about marketing and the very next you need to focus on onboarding funnel.
from the few years that i've spent here is what i feel i'm confident about- gtm, sales, product, some bit of legal and finance
In big corporate you end up specilising in certain topic and eventually becoming subject matter expert of it
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