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Discussion on: As a Software Engineer, do you prefer to work at start-ups or outsourcing agencies or big companies?

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Scott Simontis

Never doing outsourcing companies again; I have never felt so morally uncomfortable in my life watching companies basically hold people prisoner with visas and green cards. In some cases, overt racism; in general, cultural insensitivity and ignorance. I am not going to name the company but my previous employer was bought by one of the largest outsourcing firms in SE Asia and I quit within 6 weeks because I couldn't live with myself knowing how they were treating everyone. Hell, I was an architect-level consultant and they started trying to treat me like that. Okay, I'm going to end that rant...reasonably fired up now.

I miss start-ups. I love novel ideas and getting to take on so many roles within the company. Creating new things is awesome. I've never actually worked in a big corporation but I have an anti-authority streak inside of me which leads me to believe I wouldn't do well at those companies. I'm covered in tattoos and about to get some piercings, and those things don't seem to go over well in that environment.