Large company or small firm?

Question

Programming

This fall, I firmly decided to enter the University for computer science. But just studying and living a student life doesn’t pull me very much anymore (and I’ve lost so much time). Therefore, I found here the possibility of Dual Training. What it is? - I write resumes for different companies, if they take me, then they pay me training from and to. They also pay a salary (cut off), but I will also have to work for them in parallel with the university. Pluses, of course, on the face, money, and the chance that after that they will be hired is very high (although they are not always adopted because of any cuts). I found one of these firms and miraculously took me.
And now the question is, maybe even the lion's share of my later life. Namely: To go already with a "signed contract" to this big firm. Or to accept an offer from my boss in a very small firm, consisting of 3 people.
What do I personally see in the pros and cons?
In a large company:
+ Stability, Career growth, Higher status, Team
- Reductions, More work, High competition, The team may not be very nice people.
In a small company:
+ Free schedule, I even equate the chances of moving to 100%, Creativity of actions, Comfort, asp.net and c # I liked much more than java, php or c ++ with which I will have to work 100% in software.
- Instability, Lack of career growth, Less advantage when looking for a new job (name), Job comes from webforms. I heard that MVC will soon completely force them out of the market (but this is only according to Internet writings).
Get prof. knowledge is possible both there and there, only they will most likely differ greatly, but how exactly, this is already unknown to me.
So, I would really like to hear your opinion, what would you do in my place? What would you choose in this case?
And in order not to create another 1 topic, I would like to ask another question. Actually from the preface and my knowledge, what would you advise to develop in your free time? In order to be more in demand in the field of programming? :) The soul still lies more in web programming)
It will be very interesting to listen to every opinion. Thanks to)

Answer 1

According to this , this "big office" is very similar to a large meat grinder / juicer :( My personal opinion: if the conditions in a small company are satisfactory, it will be better in every way. Especially since for a future career (after studying) it does not matter does not play, and during the study period there will still be no "career growth" - there will be an ordinary student contract.
The main thing is to see that there is a real opportunity to study, and not just "take a place."
UPD: If you are not satisfied with the quality of a small company (bydlokoderstvo), try to look for another, more ... there are a lot of student positions, incl. and in decent firms! Do not confuse the "name" of the firm with your future career chances... this particular name will boost them if you survive there for a year or two as a manager, but for the position of almost free low-skilled workforce (which you are actually going there for) everything - exactly the opposite.