Quora精选：你犯过最美好的错误是什么

　　你犯过最美好的错误是什么

　　获得7.4k好评的回答@ Luke Crawford

　　I sent a job application to the wrong email address. It was 1997, I was a kid working tech support at a local ISP called jps.net. I knew C and had taught myself Perl during downtime. I was applying for a Programmer I position at the university where my dad worked. I sent my resume¹ along with a really long university application. Instead of sending the packet to [email protected], I sent it to [email protected]. A few days later, the head of the NOC called me into his office. Before I really had time to be nervous, he started interviewing me. He gave me a page of a C program and asked me what it did. I didn't really get it at first, so I went through line by line explaining it. I recognised the port for POP3 and get host by addr() and the guy seemed to be getting more and more excited. In one of the funnier cases of title inflation², they called me “staff programmer”. That's one rank up from senior³ programmer. I was 17.

　　我把工作申请发错邮箱地址。那是在1997年，我还是个孩子，在当地一家互联网服务供应商工作。我在停工期自学了C语言和Perl代码，当时我申请了我父亲所工作的大学的编程员工作。我将我的简历连同学校超长的申请表一起发送了过去，结果发去的地址是[email protected]，而不是[email protected]，几天后，NOC 的老板打电话让我去他的办公室。我还处在惶恐不安时，他开始对我进行面试。他给了我一张C语言编程并问我怎么做。其实一开始我并不懂，所以我逐行解释。后来我发现了端口3，并通过地址获取主机，他开始变得越来越兴奋了。最有趣的是他们还给我取了个头衔是“高级程序员”，那是对高级程序员的称呼，那时我才17岁。

　　获得32.2k好评的回答@ John Catiller

　　I asked the wrong woman on a date. I have a problem remembering names and faces. There was a girl at school I had been chatting with during lunch breaks, Vicki. There was another that I had met and spoken to exactly once during an outdoor cookout at the school (college) Marie.

　　我搞错了约会对象，我记不住人名和脸。有一个叫做薇姬的女生，我们曾在午饭时间交谈过。还有另外一个女生名叫玛丽，曾谋面过并在学校组织的户外野炊聊过天。

　　I had an occasion⁴ where I was performing, the event included a dinner and dancing and I could bring a date.

　　我有一个重要场合需要出席，期间将举行晚宴、跳舞，我还可以带一个女伴。

　　I planned to ask Vicki as I had spent more time with her and felt I knew her better.

　　我打算约上薇姬，主要是我和她更熟点。

　　I am rushing between classes and I am stopped by a girl who says Hi. Vicki. I surprise her by asking her to accompany me to my event. She says yes and I get out my note pad⁵ to write down her number and write the name Vicki. She says “That's not my name.” I apologize for my memory glitch⁶ and ask her what her name is. Marie. Then it dawned on me, I had just asked out the wrong girl. But she had said yes and I was a gentleman so I would not back out.

　　由于急着去上课，我在一个女生面前停下，对她说：嗨，薇姬。我约她和我一起去那个聚会，似乎让她有点惊讶。她答应了，于是我拿出笔记本记下她的号码和她的名字薇姬。她说那不是她的名字。我为我的过失道歉，并问她叫什么。她回答我是玛丽。我明白了，我约错女生了。但是她答应了，作为一个绅士我不能收回我的话。

　　We went on the date. We both fell in love that night. We were engaged⁷ three weeks later. That was 38 years and one son ago. We are still together. And yes, she knows the story.

　　我们如期赴约。在那晚我们坠入爱河。三周之后我们订了婚，事情过去已经三十八年了，我们还有了一个儿子。如今我们还在一起，是的，她也知道这个故事。

分享到：