Should You Kickstart Your Career in FAANG or in a Startup? (Part 1)

<p>Three years ago, I was a student doing my Data Science internship at Spotify.</p> <p>I was only a few months away from kickstarting my career, and I had a lot of unanswered questions.</p> <p>At that time, I asked myself what it meant to lead my own career development.&nbsp;<em>How is it that colleges don&rsquo;t even offer a crash course on the topic?</em></p> <p>One of the questions that troubled me the most was:</p> <blockquote> <p>Would I be better off at a startup or a mature company?</p> </blockquote> <p>Another impossible choice to torture myself with.</p> <p>But unlike picking between a box of McNuggets or the latest Big Bacon Cheesy Mac (<em>or whatever they call them these days)</em>, this one was about setting the trajectory for my entire career.</p> <p>While I was torturing myself with the question, I realized I wasn&rsquo;t the only one. Many of us in fact face this dilemma.</p> <p>So if you&rsquo;re at this crossroads or just curious about the journey, this article is for you.</p> <p><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/startup-vs-big-firm-how-will-your-data-science-skills-flourish-as-you-kickstart-your-career-7ba47f468e23">Read More</a></p>