Benefits of Working in a Startup
As of now, we’ve discussed all the crucial parameters for both – startups and big tech corporations. Now, it’s time to take a look at the primary concern that why it is worth it for developers to join a startup and what benefits they really can get by working in a startup:
1. Extreme Learning Opportunities
By working in a startup, you can get numerous worthwhile learning opportunities that you may not get while working in any other big tech corporation. Being a developer, you get to work on multiple tech stacks in startups in accordance with the projects whereas in MNCs you are generally working on a single project and defined technology stack. You may be hired as a Trainee Developer or Junior Developer at a startup, but like giant corporates, you’re not bounded by your official job title or specific job role at startups and get the chance to explore various crucial things as the situation demands.
2. Overall Professional & Personality Development
In startups, generally, you collaborate and work directly with the key people of the organization and somehow become part of the entire functioning of the organization (from panning to management), irrespective of your job title. Apart from the core development domain, in startups, you work with other teams such as testing, designing, marketing, etc. in a more transparent way that helps you to acquire knowledge of other domains as well. Also, you’re more likely to gain several incredible work experiences at startups in a lesser time. It indeed helps you to get personal recognition and to make an overall professional and personality development of yours for achieving your future career goals.
3. Exponential Career Growth
The best and worst thing about working in a startup is the uncertainties that come along with it. Though if we consider the positive outlook of it, if a startup grows constructively then your chances of career growth also become high. There are many examples of developers who reached managerial positions in a startup within a short time span. Also, if you join an early-stage startup then you can even reach the positions of CTO, VP, or others efficiently. And yes, as you get enough business exposure while working in a startup – you can also work on developing or launching something of your own to grow your career.
After going through the above-mentioned points, most probably it would be clear to you why working in a startup is a considerable option for all developers. Though, as mentioned above, working in startups come up with several uncertainties – hence you need to be a bit aware and do some research practices before joining any startup.
Some of these practices are mentioned below:
- Do the fundamental analysis of the organization such as how it is doing in the industry since its inception, its work culture & career growth opportunities, etc.
- Do your self-assessment to know various aspects such as if you prefer job security & stability or if you are okay with the risk, whether you want to work under defined guidelines & job roles, or want to explore as much as you can, etc.
- Always have a backup plan before joining a startup to deal with any unwanted future circumstances.
- You must ensure that you’re not being underpaid while working in a startup, however, if you’re seeing potential success in the future within a startup – you can compromise a bit with monetary benefits here.
Why New Developers Should Work in a Startup?
Is it worth it for developers to work in a startup?
This is not only a mere question but an unavoidable situation that comes in every developer’s life (or others as well) when he is about to start his professional career or at least once in his entire career span. If we particularly talk about the software development domain, you may find out various worthwhile reasons to make a choice in favor of a big corporation but when it comes to opting for a startup – it is generally observed that most individuals hesitate to take a step forward.
They often come up with various perceptions in their mind such as:
- Startups won’t offer them job security.
- There will be a lack of professional growth and career opportunities.
- Salary and other perks will be comparatively lesser than those of MNCs, and many others.
But have you ever thought about the reason behind such beliefs and judgments of people towards working in startups? If yes, then you must have found out how these beliefs about startups are conventional and overhyped. In reality, the majority of genuine startups are doing really well and offering numerous career opportunities & benefits to tech professionals.
And with the same concern, here in this article, we’ll take a brief look at why developers should work in a startup. But before that, let’s have a comparative discussion, based on various crucial factors, between startups and big corporations.
Contact Us