Why do software engineers choose to work at startups?
In today’s job market it is good to be an engineer. This is a job that requires responsibility, tech, and soft skills, precision and patience. Because of all these skills, developers (especially good ones) have the freedom to choose their workplace and projects and if there is something that they don’t like about their work, they can easily switch their employer or career path.
Something that has been observed recently, is that more and more developers choose to leave their jobs in big corporations and start working in Startups. Why?
Well, Startup life is not for everyone. You have to be the kind of person who always wants more and more from themselves. Are you?
If the answer is yes let’s see what are the advantages of working in a startup:
Your voice matter
As they grow, most small to mid-sized startups involve their team members in strategic decisions, or at the very least hold regular all-hands meetings where employees can ask questions and learn about what’s going on within the company. Employees have the license to show off their brilliance.
An entirely different way of thinking
In most jobs, a lot of the things you do are following procedures for what’s been done before. Most companies have a standard “way of doing things” for everything from manufacturing to marketing to putting together meeting agendas. And while new ideas are often welcome, they typically fall into a framework of how the company has operated in the past.
At a startup, you’re building everything from scratch.
And as you might imagine, designing, building, and creating require a completely different skill set than following or adapting a standard protocol.
And as we all already know and see in today’s world, the ability to think beyond what’s been done before and “transdisciplinary thinking” — the ability to think beyond your functional role, are two of the key traits every worker needs to succeed in the future.
Contact with the market
The fact that the working group in a startup company is so small means that they must be in direct contact with the client themselves. And as you know, the more personal the relationship, the more you will learn about the needs of the client and the market. As a result, the priority will be to optimize the products and services and to be sure to satisfy the client.
Job satisfaction
This is probably the most important section of the article. A startup is a great spot for both ambitious, hungry, go-getter type of person, and for people who are pleased by only doing their job well.
If you want to become an entrepreneur one day and want to see what happens after your work as a developer is done and how your work helps people’s lives — go work in a Startup. You will be able to learn about business and processes directly from mentors, entrepreneurs and real-life experience. This enrichment is priceless.
On the other hand, if you like your job as a developer in a Startup, you work on a brand new product with innovative technologies. You spend much more time writing code and scratching your head on challenging problems. The product is often a very exciting world-changing technology. You will be able to shift your skills and career.
Exploration
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