As someone in The Bay Area looking for work as a sysadmin with a heavy interest in automation&#x2F;devops (obligatory plug), it&#x27;s not a question of Big Company vs. Startup, it&#x27;s a question of who is hiring and has at least been open to interviewing; these have almost unanimously been startups. I&#x27;d like nothing more than the stability of a large company with interesting projects and decent pay but lets be honest, how many of us will really have the chance to work for Google or Facebook vs the earlier stage startup that&#x27;s a bit more risky but has a product you find worth supporting and has reached out to you based on their interest in the projects you&#x27;ve been working on?