Why Your First Job Should Be at a Small Company

Lucas and Luna make the case that recent grads often overlook small companies, focusing on brand-name employers. They cite data: companies with under 200 employees account for nearly half of all new hires in the US, and first-job tenure at small firms leads to 30% more skill acquisition in the first year. Lucas shares his own story of joining a 40-person startup out of college, where he learned sales, operations, and product management within 18 months — a breadth impossible at a Fortune 500. Luna pushes back on the risk of instability, but they explore how small-company experience builds adaptability that larger employers later reward. They close by asking listeners to think about what they actually want to learn — not just what looks good on paper. Donation segment tied to the theme of non-obvious career advice. #CareerAdvice #FirstJob #SmallCompany #RecentGraduate #JobSearch #SkillBuilding #CareerGrowth #JobHuntTips #GraduateCareer #EntryLevel #CareerStrategy #WorkExperience #JobMarket2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #Business #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo