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OriginalGriff wrote: it can become a "gateway drink" leading to [beer]
But but ... that is the goal !
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I am well versed in beer and rum. Former me was well versed almost all kinds of alcohols. Things were getting slightly out of hand so I restricted to beer and occasional rum. 
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Well, I am shocked. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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I don't drink it either
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Now, I am double shocked.
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Yeah, mate. I know exactly what you bean.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Fortunately, Sultan Murad IV is no longer with us: [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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So last Tuesday I went to bed, working for a small company; and woke the day after, working to the largest IT services company in Israel...
All my professional life I used to work for the same small company or alone... Any advice from those, who know how large companies work?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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It is always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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You may find that nothing much changes for you. But if it morphs into what feels like a new job, this is worth reading:
Red Flags in a New Job[^]
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Looking at the history of the buyer - they absorb small companies within 2-4 years from acquisition, when those companies became departments of some expertise...
Until then the new companies are 'partners' or 'child-companies'...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Any advice from those, who know how large companies work?
Pray (often). My last company, I joined a very small division where we all knew each other; it was really good. Then we got absorbed into a larger division and things were slightly less good; decisions were taken by people we had never heard of. Then we got taken over by another company and soon many of us were without a job.
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Made me day...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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If I can spread a little joy ... (or fear) 
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Unless you're in management, you'll wind up being "that old guy".
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: you'll wind up being "that old guy".
Or better: "that old guy who knows how it all works".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Maybe 23 years already defines me as such
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Maybe 23 years
Wow, didn't realise you were that young.
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I'm 23 years OLD... Counting backward nowadays...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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If it's anything like my own experience, expect new people to be brought in so things are now run the way the larger company wants them to be. You'll see it as overhead that you never realized you needed, because your previous small company managed to do just fine without it. You'll probably feel that what these people contribute to your day-to-day work experience is not positive.
Expect to start cursing multiple levels of useless managers, barriers to be put in place every step of the way in the name of security, corporate red tape, the lawyer department to be involved in every decision, HR, and no longer being able to ask a quick, simple question to someone and immediately act upon the response; instead, you'll fill forms, submit requests, and wait for weeks if not months for a committee to review anything at all.
You'll go from being able to yelling out over the cubicles, "I need to reboot [MachineXYZ], anybody logged into it?" to having it scheduled to take place on a Saturday a few weeks down the road at 3:00am.
Dilbert isn't just a satirical cartoon about work life at a large corporation; it's a documentary.
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And no more generalists; just specialists. Except they can't seem to "slot" you since you are just there.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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On the other hand, it might be a turn for the better.
You never know, the big company must be doing something right. At least historically.
Just make sure you have an exit strategy!
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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I have spent a lot of time with smaller companies too. They are, by far, my preference. I now work for a very large company. We have thousands of employees, are top ten in our industry in the world, and are privately owned. That last thing changes things A LOT. It has resulted in us have a rather flat, wide organization. I have three bosses and the next one higher is the owner. That is a much, much better way to run things I think. In my previous large company, I had four bosses in just this division. It was a horrible place to work.
In your case, a lot will depend on how they are organized and the nature of the bosses. Hopefully, you do not get the standard issue MBAs that Dilbert is written about. Best of luck.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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My observation is that
- In a small company, person is important and process is less important (or unimportant), whereas
- In a large company, process is everything; person is much less important.
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