I worked at a large company and they were very competent at some things and that really helped teach me a lot of things by osmosis that I would not have otherwise been exposed to. They were marketing geniuses and that is something I learned a lot about that I likely would have never studied. They also owned their own award-winning print company, so I was exposed to world class correspondence materials, brochures, etc on a routine basis and I think that helped me develop an eye for some things without really trying. I know what quality looks like that in area. I have seen many good examples.<p>It made it clear that I don&#x27;t do well in a big bureaucracy. But it also exposed me to world class training and awareness of public image and some other things that have been very important for me.<p>I was a homemaker for a long time. Figuring out how to interact effectively with the public did not come easily to me. I was pretty socially adept, but what worked one-on-one did not work in more public settings and I am not sure I would have gotten a good handle on that had I not worked at a large company for a few years. Trying to marry skills developed during a long period of having a very private life to goals of having higher engagement with the public has been an uphill battle.<p>I really got a lot out of working for a large company, but I am unlikely to do so again. I am very socially conservative, so I really would have been thrilled if I had been able to climb the corporate ladder. That would have fit well with some of my default personality traits. But it really was not working for me. I currently do freelance work and am developing various web projects. I would find that a lot harder to swallow had I not learned firsthand that, no, I am not suited to climbing the corporate ladder. But having a job at a global corporation also did up my game in important ways, probably many of them things I would not even recognize as having come out of that experience specifically.