I work at a large technical corporation. It manifests every corporate stereotype you can imagine (and somewhere in there it makes devices that save lives).<p>As I read this article I couldn't help thinking of a young, very bright new hire in our group, his first real-ish job. While I don't have the connection with him to say this, I wish I could tell him that "this" (BigCo) is not the only way to work; get thee to a startup or SmallCo.