1. Self-employment means running your own business. The alternative is to be an employee. Virtually all career offer the choice between “being your own boss” and being an employee.
2. Career refers to the substance of one’s work, not whether one is an employee or not. Running a business is a career, whether you are the owner or an employee.
3. Unless its a hobby, no business is permanently small by design. As a business grows, it ceases to be small. THat is the goal.