[daenz]

I've worked at several startups, but my experience has been that I've been relatively siloed in my work. Maybe I wasn't taking advantage of the startup experience, but aside my limited view at standups, I didn't know how the sausage was made in different areas of the company. I couldn't see how it all fit together, because I had an incomplete picture.

[lawrjone]

Yeah, this recommendation only works if you can make the most of opportunities at whichever company you've joined.

I got lucky, in that GoCardless gave me a load of opportunity and I grew a lot with the company, which opened more doors.

Not every company is like this, so that's a significant caveat to this advice. But ideally you'd find companies that are.