演讲文本

What else am I missing?

我还漏掉了什么

Okay, all those others. Those too, those are useful degrees

好 其它所有这些 也都是很有用的学位

I had a degree in history literature

我拿到的是历史文学学位

which is a great degree too

这个学位也很不错

but there's some of the least practical majors and I combined them

不过 最不实用的专业课都被我选到了

And it's not that I didn't ideas about what to do after graduating, I had too many

我在毕业后倒不是一点想法都没有 而是想法太多

I thought about taking the foreign service exam

我想过参加驻外事务考试

about spending life as a diplomat

当一名外交官

I even thought about medical school and how I could save people

我还想过进入医学院 去挽救人们的生命

but then I also thought about waiting tables

我还想到了餐馆服务

and maybe opening a cupcake shop

或许我可以开一家杯形蛋糕店

but in the meantime, I needed into my life intervened

但是 生活并不是一大堆幻想

I became practical

我需要实际一些

I needed money after graduation

我毕业后需要钱

And my parents were not going to pay my way anymore

我父母也不打算继续支付我的生活开支

I stopped worrying about getting the right job

我不再考虑怎么找到正确的工作

and I focused on just getting a job

只要找到一份工作我就心满意足了

And although it's quite difficult at the time, I need to thank my parents

那段时间很艰难 不过我需要感谢父母

for forcing me out into the workforce

谢谢他们逼我进入了职场

My mom and dad are here today

我的父母今天也在现场

So thank you, mom and dad

谢谢你们 爸爸妈妈

for making me get up, get out and do something

是你们让我走出了第一步 开始自己的职业生涯

With programming under my belt

由于有编程技能

I found work for a small educational startup in Palo Alto

我在帕洛阿尔托的一家小型教育初创公司找到了工作

and I discovered that technology was creative

我发现 技术具有创造性

I could build things for people all over the world

我可以为全世界所有人创建出东西

It was a start of a journey that has led me to incredible places

这是一个很好的开始 将我引向人生中各种美妙的地方

But it was never my plan

但这并不是我的计划

So maybe one thing more to try to remember

也许更需要大家记住的一点是

is plans are made to be broken

计划就是用来打破的

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

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