Which is better to work for? Product company or Services company?
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hi i need your views on the above question. what do u think is better. i am talking from the perspective of getting stronger in the technology. Plus point for product companies is that u get to work in a perticular technology for long time, (without the company asking u to switch technologies, for any reason) U dont have to wait / worry about project getting over and the anxiety of waiting for a new project. Downside is that , in product company, usually they dont upgrade to a new technology immediately. since their product life cycle will be a long one , with maintenance spanning over several years. they will continue to use the same version of s/w. (for ex, Dot net Framework 1.1) Problem with services is that, ur nt sure of working in same tech. if they dont get any new projects in that tech, of if they run out of any good projects, u may b forced to do any mundane job, or even testing. Any suggestions in this regd are welcome. I am in a fix now (im in services company and they hav asked me to switch technologies, or swtich to testing). i know this happens in most services companies. Another point is that, product cos mostly pay less than their services counterparts. I am not able to decide whether to go for a product company ( if have an offer from them too but with a lower pay). thanks in advance. regds
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hi i need your views on the above question. what do u think is better. i am talking from the perspective of getting stronger in the technology. Plus point for product companies is that u get to work in a perticular technology for long time, (without the company asking u to switch technologies, for any reason) U dont have to wait / worry about project getting over and the anxiety of waiting for a new project. Downside is that , in product company, usually they dont upgrade to a new technology immediately. since their product life cycle will be a long one , with maintenance spanning over several years. they will continue to use the same version of s/w. (for ex, Dot net Framework 1.1) Problem with services is that, ur nt sure of working in same tech. if they dont get any new projects in that tech, of if they run out of any good projects, u may b forced to do any mundane job, or even testing. Any suggestions in this regd are welcome. I am in a fix now (im in services company and they hav asked me to switch technologies, or swtich to testing). i know this happens in most services companies. Another point is that, product cos mostly pay less than their services counterparts. I am not able to decide whether to go for a product company ( if have an offer from them too but with a lower pay). thanks in advance. regds
someone in the same boat as me :laugh: after college i went to work at a big services company thinking about the various fields i would get to shift to within the company if i don't like a particular field. i did get offers a small product development companies but i turned them down because i thought they were small. now i am repenting my decision.:sigh: tell you what prst123, in my opinion its down to just 1 thing, are you tech savy and want to code/design for as long as you wish to?? if yes, go for product. If you prefer travelling for on-site work,flying around,seeing the world and making money, and climbing up the management asap go for a services company. work at a services company would be very boring for someone who prefers to code. they ask you to learn boring middleware, kick you around depending on the market demands, at times whatever you learnt in a month or two for a project would never ever be put to use by you after that project... and if you survive they will make you a project manager. the only challenge at a services company once you have settled in is completing a project for a client in an incredibly short period of time. i can't tell you anything about product development because i never gotta go there yet. But i am trying my best to get out of services and go back home to coding ;) btw about the pay at product companies, maybe it seems less at the beginning, but if you can prove yourself to be a really good developer you would get a really good salary and all the fame and recognition you can ask for. And if you decide to start your own company years down the lane and come up with a kickass product, you would be rolling in cash or rolling in fame on the internet or maybe both.:-D