I've worked at a small startup for over a year and am a self taught developer. If I asked for more money and got it, I think I'd still be a little dismayed.
All I wanted was to have someone above me, an engineering manager or CTO, to help me fill the gaps in my education, but have been largely out on my own working on mission critical projects. While I have learned a ton from my mistakes, I have taken the brunt of all of them, many which I feel a superior could have spotted and steered me away from.
All I wanted was to have someone above me, an engineering manager or CTO, to help me fill the gaps in my education, but have been largely out on my own working on mission critical projects. While I have learned a ton from my mistakes, I have taken the brunt of all of them, many which I feel a superior could have spotted and steered me away from.