Comments on: Note to Patrick Scoble: Do some research first! http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/02/17/note-to-patrick-scoble-do-some-research-first/ Spurring innovation and entrepreneurship. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alex L http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/02/17/note-to-patrick-scoble-do-some-research-first/#comment-71212 Alex L Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:41:50 +0000 http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/02/17/note-to-patrick-scoble-do-some-research-first/#comment-71212 One idea is to get a degree while being a part of someone else's solution to a problem already solved. If, in the course of getting a degree you can't stumble upon a new problem from the outside, you'll have time and a degree to get a door to the inside... being a little older won't hurt either. One idea is to get a degree while being a part of someone else’s solution to a problem already solved. If, in the course of getting a degree you can’t stumble upon a new problem from the outside, you’ll have time and a degree to get a door to the inside… being a little older won’t hurt either.

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]]> By: Jake McKee http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/02/17/note-to-patrick-scoble-do-some-research-first/#comment-68020 Jake McKee Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:04:03 +0000 http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/02/17/note-to-patrick-scoble-do-some-research-first/#comment-68020 As a general philosophy, not sure I agree with you. I don't think where or what you do is as important as having a direction and learning growing, etc. Certainly great locations and great jobs help, but finding greatness doesn't happen only at big companies. Today there's more opportunity than ever before to make a name for yourself, regardless of company affiliation. Don't think big companies hire from the likes of Big in Japan? Sure they do! LEGO hired me from Vectrix/NVision Design. Who the hell is NVision Design??, right? For my own personal career, the fact that I was driven and worked my ass off lead to great things. I didn't have much interest in working for a big company and chose a different path. I had plenty of friends who worked for big companies and achieved nothing, could go nowhere quickly. I had friends who worked in big companies who used it as a springboard to bigger positions within the company. And I had friends who worked at small companies and didn't do much with that experience, were more interested in partying then building a career and didn't go anywhere. I also had friends (including myself here) who put in the hours, worked the extra projects, volunteered to help out when they didn't have to and ended up leaping through the ranks in a way that big companies don't offer. I think the reality is that there is no "right" answer. "Right" is completely dependent on what we did, what our own personal goals were, and what we were interested in doing. Both big companies and small shops offer pros and cons. Figuring out which direction is best for each of us personally is the struggle. As a general philosophy, not sure I agree with you. I don’t think where or what you do is as important as having a direction and learning growing, etc. Certainly great locations and great jobs help, but finding greatness doesn’t happen only at big companies.

Today there’s more opportunity than ever before to make a name for yourself, regardless of company affiliation.

Don’t think big companies hire from the likes of Big in Japan? Sure they do! LEGO hired me from Vectrix/NVision Design. Who the hell is NVision Design??, right?

For my own personal career, the fact that I was driven and worked my ass off lead to great things. I didn’t have much interest in working for a big company and chose a different path.

I had plenty of friends who worked for big companies and achieved nothing, could go nowhere quickly. I had friends who worked in big companies who used it as a springboard to bigger positions within the company.

And I had friends who worked at small companies and didn’t do much with that experience, were more interested in partying then building a career and didn’t go anywhere. I also had friends (including myself here) who put in the hours, worked the extra projects, volunteered to help out when they didn’t have to and ended up leaping through the ranks in a way that big companies don’t offer.

I think the reality is that there is no “right” answer. “Right” is completely dependent on what we did, what our own personal goals were, and what we were interested in doing. Both big companies and small shops offer pros and cons. Figuring out which direction is best for each of us personally is the struggle.

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