---
title: "Where to work: Startup vs Big tech as a Developer"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/where-to-work-startup-vs-big-tech-as-a-developer-l3jrjilc6
source_url: https://faun.pub/where-to-work-startup-vs-big-tech-as-a-developer-88c1274cdb58
type: article
source: "Faun"
published: 2024-04-01T05:36:29.624Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z
tags: ["startup", "big-tech", "work-life-balance"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Where to work: Startup vs Big tech as a Developer

**[Faun](https://daily.dev/sources/faun)** · 4 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Pros and cons of working at startups and big tech companies. Impact, speed of execution, learning, work-life balance, coding standards, perks, world class developers, best practices, and pay.

## Full article

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Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#big-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/big-tech), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance)

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