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   Not just those of us lucky enough to go to HBS

  不仅是那些能到HBS读书的幸运儿
  but anyone with access to Facebook, to Twitter, to a mobile phone
  而是任何能上Facebook Twitter或者有手机的人
  This is disrupting traditional power structures
  这正在打破传统的权利结构
  and leveling traditional hierarchy1
  让传统的阶层界限变得模糊
  Voice and power are shifting from institutions to individuals
  话语权正从机构转向个人
  from the historically powerful to the historically powerless
  从曾经有权有势的人转向普通人
  And all of this is happening so much faster
  而且这一切的变化速度远远超出了
  than I could have ever imagined
  当时坐在今天你们所坐的
  when I was sitting where you are today
  位置上的我的想像
  and Mark Zuckerberg was 11 years old
  那时候 马克·扎克伯格才十一岁
  As the world becomes more connected and less hierarchical
  当世界变得更紧密 界限更模糊时
  traditional career paths are shifting as well
  传统的职业生涯也在发生变化
  In 2001, after working in the government
  2001年 在为政府工作了几年之后
  I moved out to Silicon2 Valley to try to find a job
  我搬到硅谷 找到一份工作
  My timing3 wasn't really that good
  当时并不是个好时机
  The bubble had crashed
  泡沫破灭了
  Small companies were closing
  小公司都在倒闭
  Big companies were laying people off
  大公司都在裁员
  One women CEO looked at me and said
  一个女性CEO看着我说
  we would never even think about hiring someone like you
  我们根本不会考虑招你这样的人
  After a while I had a few offers and I had to make a decision
  过了一段时间 我拿到几个offers 需要做决定了
  so what did I do? I am MBA trained
  那么我是怎么做的呢?由于我受过MBA的训练
  so I made a spreadsheet
  所以我做了一个Excel表
  I listed my jobs in the columns
  我把工作都列了出来
  and the things for my criteria in the rows
  并且一行行把我的评判标准也列了出来
  and compared the companies, the missions, and the roles
  比较公司的远景 工作的职责等
  One of the jobs on that sheet was
  表格中有一个工作
  to become Google's first Business Unit general manager
  是去做Google的第一个业务部总经理
  which sounds good now
  这现在听起来很不错
  but at the time no one thought
  但是当时没人相信
  consumer internet companies could ever make money
  直接面对消费者的互联网公司可以赚钱
  I was not sure there was actually a job there at all
  我都不敢确定那儿是不是真有这样的职位

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1 hierarchy 7d7xN     
n.等级制度;统治集团,领导层
参考例句:
  • There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
  • She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。
2 silicon dykwJ     
n.硅(旧名矽)
参考例句:
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
3 timing rgUzGC     
n.时间安排,时间选择
参考例句:
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

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