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The company I work for now is actually about three times as big as my previous company.
We're still talking small though. I went from about 10 people at my previous job to 30 people at my new job.
The biggest difference is the number of programmers. 3 at my old job, 30 (ok, more like 27) at my new job Big Grin | :-D
And the techniques used. My previous employer was all about Microsoft and WinForms and didn't want to know about anything else beyond Microsoft.
My new employer is mostly web using Java, .NET, Delphi, Oracle, SQL Server, and basically anything the customer requests Big Grin | :-D

And I want to share two actual quotes made by both employers.
Old employer: "We want to specialize, meaning that you, as a C# programmer, can focus entirely on C# while our database experts can worry about the database and the functional aspect."
New employer: "We specialize in being all-round."

I'll have to elaborate on the quote by my old employer. Somehow database and functional (meaning writing requirements, specs and being team lead) always went together for them and when you knew one you were assumed to know the other. A ridiculous stance which made me decide to leave Big Grin | :-D
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