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It was my third day on the job at a hot Silicon Valley start-up in early 2013.
這是2013年初，我在硅谷一家熱門創(chuàng)業(yè)公司工作的第三天。
I was twice the age of the dozen engineers in the room.
我的年齡是那個(gè)房間中十幾個(gè)工程師年齡的兩倍。
I'd been brought in to the company because I was a seasoned expert in my field,
我進(jìn)到這個(gè)公司是因?yàn)槲以谧约旱念I(lǐng)域是資深專家，
but in this particular room, I felt like a newbie amongst the tech geniuses.
但在這個(gè)特定的房間中，我感覺(jué)自己就像一群科技天才中的菜鳥(niǎo)。
I was listening to them talk and thinking that the best thing I could do was be invisible.
我聽(tīng)著他們交談，覺(jué)得我最應(yīng)該做的事兒就是隱身。
And then suddenly, the 25-year-old wizard leading the meeting stared at me and asked,
突然，一位25歲主持會(huì)議的奇才盯著我，問(wèn)：
"If you shipped a feature and no one used it, did it really ship?"
“如果你發(fā)布了一個(gè)功能，但沒(méi)人用，它真的算是發(fā)布了嗎？”
"Ship a feature"? In that moment, Chip knew he was in deep ship.
“發(fā)布一個(gè)功能？”在那一刻，我開(kāi)始意識(shí)到自己正處于水深火熱之中。
I had no idea what he was talking about.
我壓根兒聽(tīng)不懂他在說(shuō)什么。
I just sat there awkwardly, and mercifully, he moved on to someone else.
我只能尷尬地坐在那里，不過(guò)好在他直接轉(zhuǎn)向了另一個(gè)人。
I slid down in my chair, and I couldn't wait for that meeting to end.
我渾身癱軟地坐在椅子上，迫不及待地等待會(huì)議結(jié)束。
That was my introduction to Airbnb.
這就是我在愛(ài)彼迎初來(lái)乍到的表現(xiàn)。
I was asked and invited by the three millennial cofounders to join their company
我被三位千禧一代的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人邀請(qǐng)加入他們的公司，
to help them take their fast-growing tech start-up and turn it into a global hospitality brand,
幫助他們快速成長(zhǎng)的科技公司成為全球知名的住宿品牌，
as well as to be the in-house mentor for CEO Brian Chesky.
同時(shí)我也成了首席執(zhí)行官布萊恩·切斯基的內(nèi)部導(dǎo)師。
Now, I'd spent from age 26 to 52 being a boutique hotel entrepreneur,
我在26到52歲期間是一位經(jīng)營(yíng)著一家精品酒店的企業(yè)家，
and so I guess I'd learned a few things along the way and accumulated some hospitality knowledge.
我猜我在這一路上多少學(xué)到和積累了一些酒店業(yè)的知識(shí)。
But after my first week,
但在我加入愛(ài)彼迎的一周后，
I realized that the brave new home-sharing world didn't need much of my old-school bricks-and-mortar hotel insights.
我意識(shí)到這個(gè)全新的民宿共享世界并不需要借鑒太多傳統(tǒng)實(shí)體酒店行業(yè)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
A stark reality rocked me: What do I have to offer? I'd never been in a tech company before.
一個(gè)嚴(yán)酷的事實(shí)震撼了我：我能提供什么價(jià)值？我以前從沒(méi)在科技公司呆過(guò)。
Five and a half years ago, I had never heard of the "sharing economy," nor did I have an Uber or Lyft app on my phone.
5年半前，我都還從沒(méi)聽(tīng)過(guò)“共享經(jīng)濟(jì)”，手機(jī)上也沒(méi)有優(yōu)步或Lyft打車軟件。
This was not my natural habitat.
我感到有些水土不服。
