1. Get into bigco for three years and work hard to learn tech skills while being at bigco.
2. Join tinyco1 as CTO and apply your skills to build something real. If tinyco1 becomes mediumco1 within 1/1.5 years stop - you have arrived.
3. If tinyco1 feels shaky as a business after a year / year and half move to tinyco2 as CTO. If tinyco2 becomes mediumco2 within 1/1.5 years stop - you have arrived.
4. Join mediumco3 as cto citing your rich and varied experience.
2. Join tinyco1 as CTO and apply your skills to build something real. If tinyco1 becomes mediumco1 within 1/1.5 years stop - you have arrived.
3. If tinyco1 feels shaky as a business after a year / year and half move to tinyco2 as CTO. If tinyco2 becomes mediumco2 within 1/1.5 years stop - you have arrived.
4. Join mediumco3 as cto citing your rich and varied experience.