Vikram Singh ·
Small company or large is a question about what you want to learn next
A small team gives you breadth, ownership, and no safety net. A large one gives you scale, specialists to learn from, and processes that will frustrate you. Neither is the mature choice. What matters is which gap in your experience the next two years should fill.
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