Do you prefer working for a large or small company?
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Patrick Sears wrote:
As for the stack, it's dangerous to stack more than two computers on top of each other, because it can make your programs run slow.
no, no, no. It's not a speed issue, it's stability. Normal PC cases weren't designed to be stacked and are much more likely to crash if stacked.
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dan neely wrote:
likely to crash
That explains a lot. Thanks. I thought maybe it was something I did wrong. BDF
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Thanks I needed a good afternoon laugh before I head out to freedom and enlightenment!
Hehe anytime. Have a good one :)
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Thanks I needed a good afternoon laugh before I head out to freedom and enlightenment!
Ah, and here we were trying to put you over the 5000 posts mark. ;)
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I work the largest employer in Pittsburgh but I have been in a development team of 2 to 3 programmers for my whole career (last 10.5 years) so I am not sure. I enjoy my job for the most part but I do work long hours at times which sometimes makes me want to look elsewhere. I think the best part of the job for me is that although my main part of my job is programming (I have written 500K lines of MFC code), I am the main network admin, I provide help desk support for a team of 20, I do all the computer purchases / installs, I repair all the computers, I am the main db/web page admin, I now have some managerial duties that extend beyond the programming staff, I move desks and install white boards, perform minor repairs of the facility ... So basically the diversity of the position is what I like most. I can not see having more than one or two of these roles if I go to a larger development team so maybe my answer is small company/team.
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John
500k, that's a decent chunk of code! Comparing to what I've seen the last year that'd be at least around 5 man years or so.
Wout
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I prefer smaller. It's much harder for management to hide things and you know a lot more about what is going on and can feel you have a bigger impact. On the other hand, I was once employee 007 (me and James Bond ;) ) in a startup and when things go sour, they go sour quickly and your only recourse is the door. Just depends on your fear of the door. I never kept more in my office than I could get into my car in one trip.
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I work in a large company, fortune 50, but a medium sized shop, about 20 developers. Most of them don't know what a new CIS graduate would know. There is no one I can ask when I need help. One of our senior devs (15 years) tells me he doesn't believe in Patterns. Our current technical leaders think that Agile means you don't create any design artifacts ( that's because they can't design their way out of a wet paper bag ) while each developer writes spaghetti code in isolation and there are no code reviews. This all results in code that looks like it was written by an epileptic ferret. Our manager brings doughnuts every Wednesday and we have a half dozen Pizza (delivered) parties during the year.... these are a source of great excitement. I don't want to relocate so opportunities are limited and I am paid a ridiculous amount for the work I don't do.
Miszou wrote:
Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
Personally, I'm looking forward to retirement.
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I work the largest employer in Pittsburgh but I have been in a development team of 2 to 3 programmers for my whole career (last 10.5 years) so I am not sure. I enjoy my job for the most part but I do work long hours at times which sometimes makes me want to look elsewhere. I think the best part of the job for me is that although my main part of my job is programming (I have written 500K lines of MFC code), I am the main network admin, I provide help desk support for a team of 20, I do all the computer purchases / installs, I repair all the computers, I am the main db/web page admin, I now have some managerial duties that extend beyond the programming staff, I move desks and install white boards, perform minor repairs of the facility ... So basically the diversity of the position is what I like most. I can not see having more than one or two of these roles if I go to a larger development team so maybe my answer is small company/team.
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John
me like you + advice people how to start IT, teach guys from other dep. some computer related things, etc. Everything that relates to computer i mean!
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I joined a small company at the start of the year and love it. The company has only two developers and 6 people all together. My previous companies were all big companies (HSBC, AON, Liberata) with 1000+ people in the company and I found the polotics and general atmosphere horrible. Moving to a small company is the best thing I have done. In big companies there may have been more developers to bounce stuff off but there was also a lot of competetive behaviour and the usual array of dinasours that made life difficult.
Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I worked in the financial industry for around 20 years and the politics in these large corporations just finally wore me out; plus the work was exteremely difficult due to the lack of planning for most projects. I finally left a few months ago for a company of about 950 people nationally. It was exactly what I was looking for and I am much more relaxed in my new position and already have been moved into a technical-lead spot which is what I usually hold. Very happy so far. No plans to ever return to "Corporate America".
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I would prefer if work and environment is good and Pay also.because without money we cant do many things.any how I have to work wheter is small or large company.
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I work the largest employer in Pittsburgh but I have been in a development team of 2 to 3 programmers for my whole career (last 10.5 years) so I am not sure. I enjoy my job for the most part but I do work long hours at times which sometimes makes me want to look elsewhere. I think the best part of the job for me is that although my main part of my job is programming (I have written 500K lines of MFC code), I am the main network admin, I provide help desk support for a team of 20, I do all the computer purchases / installs, I repair all the computers, I am the main db/web page admin, I now have some managerial duties that extend beyond the programming staff, I move desks and install white boards, perform minor repairs of the facility ... So basically the diversity of the position is what I like most. I can not see having more than one or two of these roles if I go to a larger development team so maybe my answer is small company/team.
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John
I'm in the educational field where I too do network support. My main function is as email administrator since we have others to support the network proper. My programming comes in handy for extracting information from reports and monitoring the systems. If you consider 8800+ accounts small.... Consider that email is *the* most used application in the organization it's a lot of responsibility for one person to have to maintain. But contact with the masses is minimal and I have a large degree of autonomy, which ameliorates the stress. Lilith
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Ah, and here we were trying to put you over the 5000 posts mark. ;)
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Feast of Tabernacles (audio) The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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Dude your soul is slowly being eaten away with cynicism. Escape while you can still smile at people.
Bruce Chapman iFinity.com.au - Websites and Software Development Plithy remark available in Beta 2
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I've had a long career and have worked in both environments. A small firm can be fun but lonely as frequently you are the expert without peers. The large firms I have been in have always had a commitment to research staff. You can order any books you want, get sent to conferences that improve your skills and they regularly have pay raises. You also work on bigger more exciting projects and have people around you that can share your excitement about technology.
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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I am working with a small company, 3 devs. I have done consulting in past with small and large companies. But I feel small companies are better place. You have to be ready to "wear different hats" in small company but that gives you a good experience. Any how by nos. small businesses provide major employment in U.S.
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Would you generally prefer to work in a large company with a large IT department, or a small company where there are only a handful of developers? Each has advantages I think, but I'll provide a few anecdotal tales here for reference. Several years ago, I worked in a software house with about 50 other software engineers. There were multiple teams of people working on multiple projects. If you needed help with something, there was always someone who could help. After a while, each person fell into a niche area of expertise (mine was the tree control for some reason!). Keep in mind that at this time, there was only one computer connected to the Internet via dial-up, and the quarterly MSDN updates were a source of great excitement. So, having such a large and varied group of software developers was a huge bonus, as there was always someone to share ideas with. Conversely, at my current position I am one of only three developers and I am solely responsible for the new in-house application to replace their legacy system. The other 2 guys are the team leader and the website developer. We are a very close team and get along really well. The small company atmosphere (as well as the nature of our business) means that everyone is pretty relaxed. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post - I'm really just curious if people prefer a large or small company. Personally, I'd take a small company any day of the week.
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Hi, Nice topic. I am in the same situation as yours. I used to work for a relatively large company with 30-40 developers and now I am almost the only .NET developer at my current job I started 9 months ago. I do believe I learned a lot at my ex-job but after a while I realised that I had been put into very specific details that would be valuable to no where else. Also I realised that I was learning the architecture of our product which was on top of advanced .NET code rather than the advanced .NET code itself. Therefore, when I felt the threat I left the job after working there for three years. In my current job what really concerns me is the money. In fact, what I am mostly doing is to exert my knowledge (mostly from my ex-job) into new projects to make a good money out of that. Regardless of being successful in doing that or not, I think this might be my periodic approach for the entire my life as long as I am in this business. Probably, I suppose, I need to jump into a big team after a while working for my current job and then get out again to work as a contractor with higher wage than a full-time employee of a large company. Cheers,
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I worked in the financial industry for around 20 years and the politics in these large corporations just finally wore me out; plus the work was exteremely difficult due to the lack of planning for most projects. I finally left a few months ago for a company of about 950 people nationally. It was exactly what I was looking for and I am much more relaxed in my new position and already have been moved into a technical-lead spot which is what I usually hold. Very happy so far. No plans to ever return to "Corporate America".
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
Steve Naidamast wrote:
I worked in the financial industry for around 20 years and the politics in these large corporations just finally wore me out; plus the work was exteremely difficult due to the lack of planning for most projects.
Same here, although it took only 1 year to wear me out. ;) I worked at a small (started 5, ended 15 people) software shop before and later I moved to a multinational financial institution. There was so many politics that I was afraid to open the refrigerator. The atmosphere was horrible and most of the people would generally backstab you at the first occasion - there were too many 'ambitious' ones. I started my own business this year, at the moment I work alone, but my little dream is to hire a few people in the future. Fun part is that my development environment looks actually better than the one we had at the big company. :-D They never heard about source control (until I convinced my manager and the IT chief executive to go ahead with it), they didn't have build servers and the code was CRAP (my colleagues stopped learning how to program once they graduated - somehow they don't (want to) see how the software industry evolves). Overall, I would work for a small company. I quit the first job because the financial flow was bad. We didn't do things THE proper way, but at least people were great there and they were eager to learn.
Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak