On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM, kracekumar ramaraju < kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd go so far as to suggest that they join a mid-to-large sized company and > > spend the first couple of years maintaining somebody else's crap code. > It's > > one hell of a learning experience. > > > > Don't join Big companies, you're learning is not in your hand, large > > companies work on diverse areas, so chance of getting into the area which > > interests you is less. > > > > I personally feel joining small or little mid size companies can help you > learn much better. > > In larger size companies it is process oriented and easy to pass the buck. > True... to some extent. Like just about anything else, you have to choose wisely. My four years at Kanbay (now CapGemini) taught me a lot of lessons in organization, management as well as presentation. Of course, like Sidu said earlier, none of these skills can substitute good engineering chops. And that, IMHO, is a decision that must come from within. - d _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers