I'd tell myself the exact opposite. Big companies are slow, it took around 2-5x longer to do something in a big company as opposed to a startup. Startups paid terribly but they really taught me to build stuff efficiently. Most of them die inevitably, so I feel no guilt for the experimental code moved into production.
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don't take that "startup" job; stick with the bigger companies
I'd tell myself the exact opposite. Big companies are slow, it took around 2-5x longer to do something in a big company as opposed to a startup. Startups paid terribly but they really taught me to build stuff efficiently. Most of them die inevitably, so I feel no guilt for the experimental code moved into production.
Right; "Stability" over YOLO!
Read Taleb's ideas about "Extremistan vs. Mediocristan" to understand "Risk".