Big Company v Small Company & C# v VB.NET

[KevoMee]

I'm currently working in a small company. Started just over a year ago in support with small bits of development work (VB6 & VB.NET). I started on €23,500. After 6 months gotta "bumped" up to support/development with a €25,000 contract. At my year review I was awarded a contract of €30,000.

I made a point in my review that I would like to concentrate on development in .NET & try and leave support behind.

After a couple of months I didn't see much change so I decided to send out my CV. I got a few phone calls and had an interview with a multi-national company where I got offered a development position in C# for €30,000. I will be developing a new in house software product from the ground up (I'll be the most junior on the team).

I accepted the position and handed in my notice. Upon doing this the small company offered me a change of position to work on development in .NET for 4 days and support for 1 (VB6 & .NET). I refused this and decided to take the multi-national company's offer.

Have I made the right decision you think? Mixing my CV with VB.NET & C#? It sounds like I'm going to recieve a lot of training in this new position but I've no idea what it's like to work for a big company. Would I have been better to stick with the small company?

I don't really know what answers to get to this, the only opinions I have really had are biased (Company/Agency).

 

[grande]

I like working with smaller companies, personally, but they have a much lower glass ceiling, and usually don't pay nearly as well. It all comes down to preferance.

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Just call me Captain Awesome.

 

[KevoMee]

Why would you prefer working with them if that's so?

 

[chiph]

Once you've made the decision to leave, you shouldn't look back. In the worst cases, they'll just keep you long enough to find a replacement, because you've been "disloyal". In milder cases, they just won't live up to their promises.

Chip H.


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[KevoMee]

They are actually very understanding about it. They see they didn't act on my requests soon enough and appreciate the fact I had to look elsewhere. They've put their cards on the table and after I rejected they wished me the best of luck. I'll be staying till the end of my notice, 4 weeks so that's a given.

 

[dkediger]

Actually VB.Net and C# should be very complimentary knowledgebases to have.

 

[grande]

Smaller shops are generally nicer and give you more freedom, whereas bigger places are more profit/deadline driven, and are pretty rigid.

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[RhythmAddict112]

Yep. Never take a counter-offer. Good Luck!

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