Title: I&#x27;ve seen people speculate if they&#x27;ve been pigeonholed in their career, in terms of being stuck with certain technlogy stacks, or tools, or a type of industry. I wonder about something else, if you can get pigeonholed to a limited set of company sizes and cultures.<p>I feel like I&#x27;m pigeonholed with only being able to be hired by very small companies. Fewer than 20 employees small. No fortune 500&#x27;s, not even any full-time benefits or 401(k). They&#x27;re very unstable too. I usually lose my job before I could get another one lined up. I had roughly $8000 in my bank account when I graduated and today, ten years later I have only about $400.<p>I want out of companies that constantly make me walk a tight rope of self-care. I want to ask am I pigeonholed? Because I cast a wide net with job applications, going to larger companies. Even some major ones like Amazon, Cloudflare and Coinbase have phone interviewed me. But they don&#x27;t want to hire me. Like maybe these smaller companies are giving me a stigma.<p>Am I stuck in the small company loop forever? Unless I make some major lifestyle change like getting a master&#x27;s degree or completely changing my personality it seems to be the case.<p>So what do you think about this sort of pigeonholing? Have you been pigeonholed in a similar sense whether stuck with large companies, small companies or anywhere in between?
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