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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   Hi guys, I\\u2019ve been listening for a few months now and am dissatisfied with my current work, where I\\u2019ve been for a year. I come from a research background, and now doing an engineering job at a B2B SaaS company is leaving me wanting a change. Moving between teams is not an option, so I plan to move companies early next year. My problem is that I don\\u2019t know whether to look for another large or mid-size company (I\\u2019m finishing final rounds at Facebook and Palantir), or go to a startup where it is likely to be more interesting (I have an offer to be the lead engineer at a very small startup, where there are already 5 developers). I have one year of industry experience. If I go to the startup, will it negatively impact my career in the future if/when I want to move elsewhere? Would it be easier to move elsewhere, and get a better offer or a higher position, if I work at Facebook or Palantir instead of this startup? Also, while I prefer research, I\\u2019m not in the position to go back to grad school and finish my PhD (I finished my MS and left to work) for monetary reasons, so I need to move to another engineering position.

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   I\\u2019ve often heard of senior employees \\u201cnegotiating their exit\\u201d instead of resigning/quitting, with rumors of large negotiated payouts. I assume that\\u2019s just a select group of people who can, but I\\u2019ve never seen much written on that. What is the situation where you can do this? How do you set yourself up for being able to get a payout like this?

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