It’s a package deal: cash, lottery tickets, skills, connections.
A good reason to stay would be a lot of cash. Or modest cash but a lot skill-learning and/or connection building to open more doors for you next year. Subpar cash plus lottery tickets is not a good reason to stay.
There are some unique skills you can only pick up at startups, namely: 1) running a startup skill, learned from founders 2) running entire product rather than one small piece (larger companies will not let you run the whole product until you “prove” yourself) 3) understanding fundamentals of business, which will slow you to pick better startups to work for, or to make one.
A good reason to stay would be a lot of cash. Or modest cash but a lot skill-learning and/or connection building to open more doors for you next year. Subpar cash plus lottery tickets is not a good reason to stay.
There are some unique skills you can only pick up at startups, namely: 1) running a startup skill, learned from founders 2) running entire product rather than one small piece (larger companies will not let you run the whole product until you “prove” yourself) 3) understanding fundamentals of business, which will slow you to pick better startups to work for, or to make one.