How does joining a no name start up impact your future resume?
As the title says, how does joining a no name start up impact your resume?
If you’re a senior leader at a start up that doesn’t have huge brand recognition but is moderate to very successful, how does that look?
what if you have some big brands previously on your resume already?
Considering joining a start up as a senior leader but a little concerned about how it’ll play long term for then trying to join the FAANG / broader t1 or 2 firms
Edit for additional context: I have experience at Microsoft and joined Qualtrics while it was still private. I’ve interviewed at FAANG companies multiple times, so my current resume is enough to be a candidate (though I never joined an official FAANG). Trying to think about the balance of that and a potential senior leader “head of” not VP level impact on the resume at a start up
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I mentioned in another comment but for context I worked at Microsoft for awhile and now Qualtrics so it’s not like my entire resume would have no name companies. It would be a balance.
Pay is poor (5 figure salary) but love the work and the team. No stress job.
I would prefer no stress versus big name stressful job. My mental health and WLB is more important to me than how much my resumes weighs.
As someone who has hired for his team, I could care less if the candidate is from FAANG or Non-FAANG. But not everyone thinks like me.
Also of course you don't care if someone worked at FAANG or not. You pay 5 figures if anything you should throw out all FAANG resumes because you're not going to be able to agree on numbers 90%+ of the time. It'd just be a waste of both parties time to interview.
Agree with u on the latter half of your comment. FAANG folks wouldn’t even bother applying for my customer success team anyways cuz they know it’ll be a 5 figure salary. Was just sharing my thought process that IF they do apply.
Go to no name for title bump, stay a couple years, return to FAANG. That said if you don't know the magic phrases to say you'll get down leveled
I’m just a little concerned that the longer I spend time at lesser known brands my resume may start to look a little odd to the bigger enterprise companies.
My hope is that having Microsoft for a significant amount of time on my resume would balance out the more senior experiences I get at a start up from a story perspective
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But I wouldn't even get on a phone call from TechStyle Fashion Group, so I think you just proved my point.
Also hate on Amazon all you want, I'm leaving in 3 days anyways for another top tier company.