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Discussion on: What are the big differences between working for a "tech company" and being a dev for a "non-tech company"

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Reaper • Edited

It really depends on the kind of people you find there.

If you find a mentor in the non tech company that's going to help you a lot more compared to a dev working in a tech company with no one to mentor him.

The speed of learning is very less when everything is self taught. saying this from personal and past experiences.

but, most of the time you will find these diff

  • It's easier to explain the problem you are facing while implementations when compared to non tech company

  • The amount of investment on better and needed technology is way more plausible and doesn't need recommendation from the CEO's software engineer friend who doesn't like the idea.

  • Non Tech companies you'll find a lot of people that have other hobbies and you can talk about it. This point is only based on my experiences and I'd mostly find people I could talk about tech, which I like but can't really do that 24/7. on the other hand because you can't expect everyone to know what you are doing in a non tech environment, the conversations get a little more casual.