Should you join a startup or a big company? This question matters more than you think. Explore the tradeoffs between quality of life and quality of work, and why your early career choices can shape your entire trajectory.

Developers at large companies often believe they’re solving harder technical problems than their startup counterparts. The reality? The technical challenges are often similar—it’s the politics and disengagement that make things complicated.

What you read about Google today is their polished answer to problems from a decade ago—problems you likely don’t have. Why take their medicine for a condition you probably never had?