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Your choice of company is more important than your job title, your pay or your responsibilities.

Andy Rachleff, Founder / CEO Wealthfront

Your career is your business, and you are the CEO.

Andy Grove, Founder / CEO of Intel

If you join a company, my general advice is to join a company on a breakout trajectory.

Sam Altman, Founder / CEO of OpenAI

Sourced from many of the best venture capital firms including:

VC Firm

Canaan

Benchmark

Notable VC

Khosla Ventures

QED

Caffeinated Capital

Pelion

Wing

Felicis

Kleiner Perkins

Bedrock

VC Firm

Contrary

Homebrew

Exponent

Craft Ventures

Haystack

Tribe Capital

FPV

Bessemer

Harpoon Ventures

Matrix Partners

645 Ventures

BTV

GTM Fund

Lightspeed

Redpoint

SUSA Ventures

Audacious