What looks better on resume or linkedin: non-FAANG big company vs start-up?
Apr 30, 2021
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By non-FAANG big company I mean something like capital one. Would it hurt me in any way to go to a smaller start-upish company?
P. S. I am not talking about stripe or robinhood type of start-up. I'm talking about more low key startups that are smaller.
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So I can’t really answer the question and say universally a startup is better or universally Capital One is better. Depends on what you’re doing at both those places and what you want to do next
I am wondering if going to new company will get me less recruiters on linked in or make my resume look worse. Obviously what I do at said company is more important, but trying to isolate factors and evaluate them.
Top tier unicorns like robinhood, stripe? Beats old school fortune 500 for sure.
Later stage unicorns with strong funding, might weight in the same as Capitalone, but probably still better than those big name uninspiring boomer companies.
Anything less than that, brand name beats no name any day any time.
So I guess based on this answer capital one is better. But will having capital one as a previous position still be good enough or do I have to be working there? I moved from there to the start-up.
Let's say you're director at a start up leading team of 10, then join capital one as L5 IC swe. This looks backward even you are joining a company with stronger reputation. On the other hand an IC swe from Coca Cola jumping to a Fin tech start up as a manager, that is career progession which is impressive to employers.