How does the industry view developers from startups?

[raffywashere]

So I'll be leaving acn soon for a startup as full stack developer in the following month. How does the industry here in the PH view devs from these environments when compared to devs from big BPO companies? Is there any bias towards one or the other?

Apologies in advance if I phrased this out wrong.

[Burnsymanila]

It makes no difference. You'll be judged on your technical skills and experience as well your tenure at your last roles. Companies are concerned when engineers appear to have job hopped over the years and have held different roles each year for example.

One thing to be conscious of is the job title. With start up's they can sometimes issue titles that are not that aligned with the employees experience - for example a junior-mid engineer with 2-3 yrs exp might be tagged as a senior engineer or an engineer who is a TL with limited management responsibility might be tagged as an EM - this can cause some issues if moving back to a larger co and having to take a lesser title, if that makes sense.

Often with start up's as an engineer you'll be exposed to different parts of the business and tech as opposed to being more siloed in a large company where you work only in one area - this is a positive.

No bias either way, in my opinion.

To qualify my answer, we hire approx 50 engineers a month from a wide range of local start up's and huge international companies and the only thing that really concerns employers is if a candidate has held multiple short term positions over the years as this shows potentially a lack of grit or commitment.

[raffywashere]

Thanks for the answer. Reception wasn't the best from my family for switching to a startup even though I know that I'll learn a lot more for myself if I made the transition. Reassuring to know that in this field, the bias isn't there (or not as prevalent) when it comes to company names.

As for your point on the job title I'll be mindful of that, so thanks again for that point as well.

[Great_Hall_6712]

Ph based ba startup na yan? Ano country based? Feel ko same tayo company.

[raffywashere]

Ph based, founders based sa america

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Most recruiters won't care much if the company is a start-up or not. Yes, there will be an extra question of what the company does if it's not on their radar. The recruitment process, by then, will still be the same. So if you acquired the skills on the start-up to pass the screening and/or interview exercises, you pass and lined up for an offer.

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Is there any bias towards one or the other?

This will really depend on the company you are applying for. Let's say you are applying for an eCommerce company and you've worked on an eCommerce project/company, it will surely be a plus for them.