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 hierarchy
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 Silicon Valley to try to find a job
我搬到硅谷 找到一份工作
My timing 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
