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Not just those of us lucky enough to go to HBS
不僅是那些能到HBS讀書的幸運兒
but anyone with access to Facebook, to Twitter, to a mobile phone
而是任何能上Facebook Twitter或者有手機的人
This is disrupting traditional power structures
這正在打破傳統的權利結構
and leveling traditional hierarchy
讓傳統的階層界限變得模糊
Voice and power are shifting from institutions to individuals
話語權正從機構轉向個人
from the historically powerful to the historically powerless
從曾經有權有勢的人轉向普通人
And all of this is happening so much faster
而且這一切的變化速度遠遠超出了
than I could have ever imagined
當時坐在今天你們所坐的
when I was sitting where you are today
位置上的我的想像
and Mark Zuckerberg was 11 years old
那時候 馬克·扎克伯格才十一歲
As the world becomes more connected and less hierarchical
當世界變得更緊密 界限更模糊時
traditional career paths are shifting as well
傳統的職業生涯也在發生變化
In 2001, after working in the government
2001年 在為政府工作了幾年之后
I moved out to Silicon Valley to try to find a job
我搬到硅谷 找到一份工作
My timing wasn't really that good
當時并不是個好時機
The bubble had crashed
泡沫破滅了
Small companies were closing
小公司都在倒閉
Big companies were laying people off
大公司都在裁員
One women CEO looked at me and said
一個女性CEO看著我說
we would never even think about hiring someone like you
我們根本不會考慮招你這樣的人
After a while I had a few offers and I had to make a decision
過了一段時間 我拿到幾個offers 需要做決定了
so what did I do? I am MBA trained
那么我是怎么做的呢？由于我受過MBA的訓練
so I made a spreadsheet
所以我做了一個Excel表
I listed my jobs in the columns
我把工作都列了出來
and the things for my criteria in the rows
并且一行行把我的評判標準也列了出來
and compared the companies, the missions, and the roles
比較公司的遠景 工作的職責等
One of the jobs on that sheet was
表格中有一個工作
to become Google's first Business Unit general manager
是去做Google的第一個業務部總經理
which sounds good now
這現在聽起來很不錯
but at the time no one thought
但是當時沒人相信
consumer internet companies could ever make money
直接面對消費者的互聯網公司可以賺錢
I was not sure there was actually a job there at all
我都不敢確定那兒是不是真有這樣的職位
