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At smaller and newer companies (startups being one variation) I love the ability to execute and build things properly without regard for bad established policies or political infighting. These are issues I’ve encountered working for larger orgs.

I’ve never taken a pay cut moving from a larger org to a smaller one.

I feel way more stress being idle than I ever do from external pressure. It’s a personality type.

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To just make the point as well in regards to variability. The politics and political infighting at startups can be just as bad or worse than larger established companies as well.

I think the best way to categorize the startup experience is a choose your own adventure game. Basically everything is variable and it's your responsibility to find what environment best suites you.

> The politics and political infighting at startups can be just as bad or worse than larger established companies as well

Yeah, but in my experience the infighting in small companies exists alongside the work, not in opposition to it. In other words you may have a nasty argument with a cofounder, but when it’s over, you both must sit down and do your work.

In a big company you may have a more mild disagreement with another department, but that disagreement stalls your project for a month.

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