JumpyWalrus

Have you significantly outgrown your peers in the industry?

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?

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JumpyMochi

PhonePe6mo

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.

JumpyMochi

PhonePe6mo

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.

ZippyMochi

Stealth6mo

It's a marathon, not a race. Still a few decades left for this question to be answered by most people.

JumpyWalrus

Meesho6mo

What do you mean? In a few decades, you expect the answer of people to change based on how career progresses?

ZippyMochi

Stealth6mo

Yes

PerkyCupcake

Amazon6mo

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

ZippyPotato

Accenture6mo

Peers in my industry are mostly young-misguided kids so yes.

PrancingNugget

Stealth6mo

What industry?

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