While some people enjoy the relative comfort, stability, and prestige of working at a large company, I prefer to live life on the edge. Given the choice, I would much prefer to work at small company where I could have more responsibility, more excitement, closer relationships with my coworkers, and a greater sense of accomplishment than I could have at a big company. If I worked at a large company, my role at the company would be highly specialized and narrowly defined. At a smaller company everyone has to take on extra responsibilities to make the business work. For instance, if I worked at a small computer software company as a programmer, I might not only program, but also have to make trips to potential clients for sales. At a large company, the sales department would talk to clients, and I would be stuck in the same boring routine every day with less responsibility. I might less in touch with what the clients wanted if my responsibilities were limited to programming.

虽然有些人喜欢在大型公司工作的相对舒适、稳定性和威望，但我更喜欢在边缘生活。考虑到这个选择，我更愿意在小公司工作，我可以有更多的责任，更兴奋，更密切的关系，我的同事，和一个更大的成就感，比我可以在一个大公司。如果我在一家大型公司工作，我在公司的角色将是高度专业化和狭义的。在一个小公司，每个人都必须承担额外的责任，使业务工作。例如，如果我在一家小型计算机软件公司做程序员，我可能不只是计划，而且还必须让潜在的客户去销售。在一家大型公司，销售部会跟客户说，我每天都会被困在同一个无聊的日常工作中，而且责任不多。如果我的职责局限于编程，我可能会接触到客户想要的东西。
I crave excitement, so the idea of working for a small company particularly suits me. While working at a large company can offer more job security, workers don't usually get any of the annual profits. But if you work for a small company, profits are more likely to be shared at the end of the year. This means that the harder you work, the more potential there is to make a large amount of money. It is also especially gratifying when you can see how your hard work helped to build or save the company, a feeling of accomplishment that is difficult to attain when working in a large company. Finally, working together in a small company creates a sense of special closeness between colleagues. You have to both trust and depend on each other for everything. This closeness is not only between people within the company but can also extend to your clients and suppliers, all of whom you can get to know on a first name basis. Business deals become less impersonal and more pleasurable when you work with people you trust and like. This trust is both deeper and easier to build when you work for a smaller company.

我渴望刺激，所以对一个小公司工作的想法特别适合我。虽然在大型公司工作可以提供更多的工作保障，但工人通常不会获得年度利润。但如果你为一家小公司工作，利润更可能在今年年底被分享。这意味着你工作越努力，就越有可能赚一大笔钱。当你能看到你的辛勤工作是如何帮助建立或拯救公司的，这是一种在大型公司工作时难以达到的成就感，这也特别令人欣慰。最后，在一家小公司里工作，在同事之间创造了一种特殊的亲密感。你必须彼此信任，并依靠彼此。这种亲密关系不仅是在公司内部的人，而且还可以扩展到你的客户和供应商，所有你可以在第一个名字的基础上知道的。当你和你信任的人合作时，商业交易变得不那么客观，更令人愉快。当你为一个小公司工作的时候，这种信任是更为深入和更容易建立的。