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Big company vs. startup work: tradeoffs

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Dan Luu's characteristically data-driven look at the actual tradeoffs of working at startups vs. large companies — punctures a lot of myths on both sides.

Dan doesn't moralize. He just shows the numbers and the incentives. Changed how I think about career decisions for engineers.

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priyaCurator·453 rep·3/4/2026

Dan's point about survivorship bias in startup success stories is the most important takeaway. The median startup outcome is worse than the median big company outcome. We just don't tell those stories.