公众人物毕业演讲第179期:桑德伯格2012哈佛商学院(4)

 　　Google had no business units

　　Google就没有业务部

　　so what was there to generally manage?

　　那要我去总管什么呢？

　　And the job was several levels lower

　　何况那职位

　　than jobs I was being offered at other companies

　　比我在其他公司得到的offers都要低好几级

　　So I sat down with Eric Schmidt

　　后来我和当时刚刚上任的CEO

　　who had just become the CEO

　　艾里克·施密特见了面

　　and I showed him the spreadsheet and I said

　　我给他看了我的列表 我说

　　this job meets none of my criteria¹

　　这份工作完全不合我的选择标准

　　He put his hand on my spreadsheet and he looked at me and said

　　他用手按住我的表格 看着我说

　　Don't be an idiot²

　　不要犯傻

　　Excellent career advice

　　极佳的职业忠告

　　And then he said, Get on a rocket ship

　　然后他说 重要的是坐上火箭

　　When companies are growing quickly and having a lot of impact

　　当公司在飞速发展而产生很大影响力时

　　careers take care of themselves

　　事业自然也会突飞猛进

　　And when companies aren't growing quickly

　　当公司发展较慢时

　　or their missions don't matter as much

　　或者公司前景一般时

　　that's when stagnation³ and politics come in

　　停滞和办公室政治就会出现

　　If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship

　　如果你得到了坐上火箭的机会

　　don't ask what seat. Just get on

　　别管是什么位置 上去就行

　　About six and one-half years later

　　大概六年半之后

　　when I was leaving Google

　　当我要离开Google的时候

　　I took that advice to heart

　　我记住了这句忠告

　　I was offered CEO jobs at a bunch of companies

　　当时好几家公司请我去做CEO

　　but I went to Facebook as COO

　　但是我去了Facebook做COO(首席运营官)

　　At the time people said

　　那时有人问你

　　why are you going to work for a 23-year-old?

　　为什么要去给一个23岁的年轻人打工？

　　The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder

　　职业发展通常会被比作爬阶梯

　　but I no longer think that metaphor holds

　　但我认为这个比喻不再恰当了

　　It just doesn't make sense

　　在越来越扁平的世界里

　　in a less hierarchical world

　　这种说法是没有意义的

　　When I was first at Facebook

　　我刚到Facebook的时候

　　a woman named Lori Goler, a 1997 graduate of HBS

　　97届HBS的校友Lori Goler

　　was working in marketing at eBay

　　还在eBay做市场营销

　　and I knew her kind of socially

　　我和认识了她 并且知道她善于交际

　　She called me and she said

　　她打电话给我说

　　I want to think about you know talk with you

　　我想和你谈谈

　　about coming to work with you at Facebook

　　到Facebook和你一起工作的事

　　So I thought about calling you

　　我想到给你打电话

　　and telling you all the things I'm good at and all the things I like to do

　　和你说我有哪些特长以及我想做的事情

　　But I figured that everyone is doing that

　　但我知道所有人都会这样说

1 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

2 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

3 stagnation   

n. 停滞

参考例句：

• Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
• Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。