Comment by harshaw

Startups don't necessarily have good management or the core values necessary to help weather changes. You will have problems and if you don't have either really good management or something like the Amazon leadership principles it's likely you will fail. Also, at least for many of the startups where I worked there was no appreciation for the lessons of the lean startup movement (or appreciation of the lessons of Steve Blank).

That would be my reason to consider big tech, or at least a company with solid values. Unfortunately in my career I learned a lot at startups but don't have anything financial to show from it.