Ex-Googler: College Grads Should Join A Startup Instead Of Working At Google (GOOG)

Conventional wisdom says that if you are just starting out in your career and Google offers you a job, take it! Having Google — or Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. — on your resume will open doors for life. Indeed, Gayle Laakmann McDowell, who worked as a software programmer for Microsoft, Apple and Google and then wrote some career advice books, offered this advice in 2011: "Don’t join a start-up when you graduate. Or, at least, don’t join a small, unknown start-up if you can instead g...