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Was there ever any doubt in your mind that computer science was what you wanted to do?
你對自己想要從事計算機科學(xué)這個行業(yè)有過任何的懷疑嗎？
I always wanted to be involved with computers.
我一直想跟計算機打交道。
My original kind of career choice, what I thought I was going to do was more computer engineering,
從我最初的職業(yè)規(guī)劃來看，我認為我更有可能成為一名電腦工程師，
which was, I thought—you know, figure out the hardware and the software and combine the two to learn about computers.
我認為，你知道，把軟件和硬件結(jié)合在一起，弄明白計算機。
When I got to college at Tufts I was accepted into the engineering school to do an electrical engineering and computer engineering program.
在托弗斯大學(xué)上學(xué)的時候我曾被選去工程學(xué)院，做一個電機工程和一個計算機工程程序。
I learned quickly there in my first semester—actually my second—well, I learned very quickly that the engineering program was a little bit too rigorous for me, and I took a class.
第一個學(xué)期我學(xué)得很快一事實上是我的第二個學(xué) 期，嗯，我很快明白了工程程序?qū)ξ襾碚f有一點過于縝密了，我參加了一個課程。
I took a chemistry class, and I think that was second semester of freshman year，because it was required for the engineering program, taking chemistry.
我參加了一個化學(xué)課，我認為那是對于新生來說的第二個學(xué)期，因為工程程序要求掌握化學(xué)課的內(nèi)容。
I had no interest in chemistry. And I had worked—I worked so hard for that class trying to understand what was going on and study for the test and everything, and did so poorly.
我對化學(xué)一點都不感興趣。那門課我很用功，努力理解到底是怎么一回事，努力學(xué)習(xí)通過考試，但是結(jié)果學(xué)得并不怎么樣。
I remember for the mid-term I had studied harder than I had for anything else and got 25 out of 100 on the test.
我記得期中考試的時候，我從來沒有那么認真過，但是只得了 25分，100分滿分。
And it was at that point I said, “You know what, this is kind of ridiculous.” So I transferred out of the engineering college and went to liberal arts and just did the pure computer science.
所以那時我說：“你知道的，這也太可笑 了。”所以我就離開了工程學(xué)院，開始 學(xué)習(xí)自由藝術(shù)，只做計算機科學(xué)。
What else do you recall from college in terms of influences and life changing experiences or ideas?
你大學(xué)時代的回憶中，還有什么影響或者改變你人生的經(jīng)歷或者想法？
When I was in college I taught myself how to program the Macintosh. A big foundation actually for that was a class.
我在大學(xué)的時候自學(xué)了如何為蘋果機編程，很多的基礎(chǔ)部分實際上是一門課程。
It was actually—so it wasn’t completely self-taught—it was a C programming class called “Data Structures.”
事實上那是一門C語言編程課，叫做“數(shù)據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu)”——所以不能算是完全自學(xué)的。
It was the big kind of the “weed-out” class for the computer science program.
它是計算機科學(xué)程序的一門“剔除”類課。
I learned how to program C. A great, great professor. Probably one of the best I’ve ever had, and a couple of things stem from that story.
我學(xué)會了如何編寫C語言。老師是一位超級厲害的教授，或許是我遇見過的最好的教授，給我留下了很多回憶。
