Should a 20-person IT company go? ?

Some friends often ask me that some start-up IT companies have a total of several people's configuration, the boss +1-2 front-end +3-4 back-end, the boss described the vision is very ambitious, said it will continue to expand in the future, said it is possible The next Ali will start with them. The actual work is not very busy, but the salary is much lower than expected. Do you want to go to this kind of company? Is it worth it?

About going to big and small companies, you can refer to: Jumping around, whether to go to a big company or a small company? , or outsourcing vs technology-oriented vs business-driven, how to choose a job-hopping? , someone else asked: outsourcing? .

Let’s take a look at what the majority of netizens say

Zhihu netizen "Cheng Mo Morgan" said:

When I was working at Motorola, I met a colleague who was studying in the United States. He attended a university in the United States. After graduation, he got two offers. One was from a small company. If he joined, he would be the tenth employee and the other. It was Motorola. At that time, he thought, Motorola is a big company and it is easy to get a green card. So he took the offer from a small company and came to Motorola.

The small company he took down was Google.

Do you think what I want to say is that I should go to an IT company with less than 20 people?

mistaken!

What I want to say is, n't think that every small company is the Google of the future!

My colleague didn’t regret it either, otherwise he wouldn’t tell us anymore. In fact, he also mixes well in Motorola. He has a room and a card, and his life is very happy.

• You know, most small companies are not the future Google.
• You don’t have that good shit luck to hit a future Google.

Don't believe the fool of small companies!

If you have a family and can afford to play, you can go to a small company to experience the experience. If you happen to have family members who know how to give pointers, or you have super judgment ability, you can see that a small company is promising, you can Try a small company, but don't misunderstand "I hope this small company will be strong in the future" as "This small company will definitely be strong in the future."

Most small companies will die. What will you do after you die?

Don't believe in options either. The options of most startups are scams and have no value to employees. They are only used by the company to lower wages.

Trust me, don't go to that company
(zhihu.com/question/421150601/answer/1481648974)

---

Netizen "An Xiaohui" thinks so:

The salary is low, and the company is small, so this company:

• Either a relationship sales-oriented company, relying on the boss’s personal relationship to feed on government units or some large company’s projects to make a living
• Either maintaining a half-dead product, waiting for a miracle to happen

The company's prospects are basically difficult to have.

Therefore, it is recommended to look for it again, regardless of the size of the company, at least:

• The company's business is sustainable
• The salary you get is the same as the market, or better than the last company

Otherwise, don't go if possible. Unless you can't get through your life, or you can't find a better one according to your own ability.

---

There are also anonymous netizens who express their views like this:

As an Internet veteran, I am also looking for a job, and a 20-person IT company is looking for me, and I have the same problems as you.

The start of this year was very bad. Numerous companies died. In the second half of the year, large companies were basically half-dead and quiet, but many start-ups started to work hard.

Back to the question itself, should a 20-person company go?

For Xiaobai, don't go

Xiaobai can't learn anything in a company of 20 people

• You practiced a set of Jianghu boxing in a company of 20 people, and at most you can only stretch your hands and feet in your small environment. Once placed in the entire environment, it is nothing. For example, you spent a lot of effort in a small company to build a web server with hundreds of qps, and you think it’s awesome, but you don’t know that in large factories, the service of k qps is the same as eating.
• Xiaobai needs to establish basic things such as norms for doing things and a framework for thinking. None of these 20-person companies can give it. A company of 20 people really doesn't have its own rules for doing things. If there is any, it was brought by the leader of XX, and the leader of XX was taken away as soon as he left. The only rule the company believes in is to solve problems and fulfill Party A's needs.

Xiaobai should go to a big company

Establishing a set of norms and behavioral habits of large companies is absolutely good for future development.

Life is short, there is no need to gamble with low odds and high cost

-The odds of winning are very low: the probability of success in starting a business is very low. You see that there are so many successful entrepreneurs around you, this is the "survivor bias".

• The cost is high: I mean the cost of time. Just start a career, and a few years have passed. I think I have learned a lot and solved a lot of problems, but the money may not be as much as you expected. After waiting for a few years, I wanted to move, and found that I was old and no one wanted it.

But looking at the boss of the 20-person company

Small companies are not useless, you can do a lot of things that big companies don’t have the opportunity to do here.

• Only in a company of 20 people can you apply what Dachang has learned to the actual
• What you learn in Dachang needs to be transformed into your own experience. This is very important. Only in a company of 20 people will you have many such opportunities.
• A big factory has more people than things, and a startup company has more things than people. In Dachang, there is basically one pit for one radish, or even one pit for multiple radishes. There are many things that you have no chance to practice at all.
• The big companies pay more attention to your unilateral ability, and the 20-person company will allow you to develop your comprehensive ability.
• There are so many talents in big factories, you have to get ahead, only better than others. But in a 20-person company, there are plenty of opportunities

There are some areas where I can only do it

Big factories look down on them. Other small factories have limited capacity and energy, so I can only do it. It became a hit and paid for it. Smashed the stall and left.

Need someone to work

• To draw a pie
• There must be a master to bring technology
• Then fool a few young people

---

Of course there are also different opinions. For example, the netizen "Witty Nana":

Apart from other things, the founding teams of many big cattle companies look weak.

A picture of Jack Ma’s founding team of 18 people (Ma Yun’s team in 1999, not the 18 founders in the picture, I just want to put a picture)

Picture of 8 people in the founding team of Xiaomi This Xiaomi porridge seems to be a post-added photo. The office seemed not so big when it was started.

The picture of 10 people in Apple’s start-up team really can’t find the picture, I just use one just like

It seems that Microsoft has the least number of founders, only 2 people, Bill Gates and Alan Paul pictures

In fact, I’m telling my heart, as long as you ask this question, you will already have your own answer in your heart.

join the start-up team, you have a 99.99% chance of failure, and the success rate is less than 0.01% .

Real entrepreneurship belongs to people with dreams

（zhihu.com/question/421150601/answer/1481819529）

It seems like a thousand readers have a thousand Hamlet. Everyone has different opinions. What is your opinion?

is to recommend that you try more big companies? Or do you hope that you will give more opportunities to small companies? , or do you have any personal experiences you can share with everyone? Welcome everyone to leave a message for discussion!

Finally, I recommend to everyone: A large inventory of IT companies in first- and second-tier cities! It is recommended to collect , the first choice for finding a job: These companies: 955 No overtime! I love, I love , a must-see when looking for a job: 2020 The salary and overtime rankings of domestic Internet companies are released! , reference for job hopping: List of ranks and salaries of common Internet companies! , workplace essentials: workplace pit prevention guide (2020 edition) .