When I was nearly done with my PhD, I got bitten by that entrepreneurial bug. 在我快拿到博士学位的时候，我开始心心念念想创业。

　　I was in Silicon Valley, and so writing a thesis in the basement didn't seem as interesting as starting my own company. 我当时在硅谷，在地下室写论文无趣极了，跟自己开公司没法比。

　　So I went to my very traditional Korean parents, who are here today, 因此我去找我那非常传统的父母，他们今天也在现场，

　　with the task of letting them know that I was going to drop out from my PhD program. 我想告诉他们我打算放弃自己的博士学位。

　　You see, my siblings and I are the first generation to go to university, 事实上，我和我的兄弟姐妹是第一代上大学的人，

　　so for a family of immigrants, this was kind of a big deal. 而对于一个移民家庭来说，这是件大事。

　　You can imagine how this conversation was going to go. 不难想象这次对话会变成什么样。

　　But fortunately, I had a secret weapon with me, 但幸运的是，我有秘密武器，

　　which was a chart that had the average income of all of the graduates from Stanford PhD programs, 那是一张图表，上面展示的是斯坦福博士毕业生的平均收入水平，

　　and then the average income of all the dropouts from Stanford graduate programs. 还有从斯坦福退学的人的平均收入水平。

　　I must tell you -- this chart was definitely skewed by the founders of Google. 我必须得说，这张图表的数据分布绝对发生了偏移，因为谷歌的创始人们。

　　But my mom looked at the chart, and she said, "Oh, for you -- follow your passion." Hi, Mom. 但是我妈妈看着那张图表，对我说，“哦，我支持你！追随你的激情吧。”谢了，妈妈。