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I was 21 years old when I dropped out of college. 我辍学时只有21岁。
Packed everything I owned, 收拾我所有的东西，
Jeans, T-shirts, leather jacket, guitar, into my car, 牛仔裤，T恤，皮夹克，吉他进入我的汽车，
And drove from Chicago to Berkeley, California. 然后从芝加哥驱车前往加利福尼亚的伯克利。
During my Californian springs and summers, 在我加州春季和夏季，
I spent most of my days in the High Sierra and Yosemite valley, 我大部分时间都在高山脉和优胜美地山谷度过，
Working as a river guide and rock climbing instructor. 担任河流向导和攀岩教练。
I loved to do those jobs. 我喜欢做那些工作。
But unfortunately, they didn't pay that well. 但不幸的是，他们的薪水并不理想。
So, I also got a job working a couple of days a week as a computer programmer, 因此，我还以计算机程序员的身份每周工作几天，
Back in Berkeley. 回到伯克利。
I have learned programming in college. 我在大学里学过编程。
I didn't love programming, 我不喜欢编程
But it was fun and I was good at it. 但这很有趣，我很擅长。
And computer programming gave me the same kind of satisfaction, 而且计算机编程给了我同样的满足感，
Resolving math problems and playing chess. 解决数学问题并下棋。
Both things I enjoyed before I became a confused teenager. 在成为一个迷茫的少年之前，我都喜欢这两件事。
At this point in my life, 在我这一刻，
I thought I was making real progress on my journey of self discovery. 我以为自己在自我发现的旅途中取得了真正的进步。
I found a cause. 我找到了原因。
I had a couple of jobs that I love, 我有一些我喜欢的工作，
And one that was fun and paid the bills, 一个很有趣并付了账单的人，
I was pretty happy with my life. 我对自己的生活感到很高兴。
My wife was not. 我的妻子不是。
What she saw was a college dropout, 她看到的是大学辍学，
Who spent too much time in the mountains doing foolish things. 谁在山上花费太多时间做愚蠢的事情。
She wanted me to work full time as a computer programmer, 她希望我全职从事计算机程序员的工作，
Or go back to college and finish my degree. 或者回到大学完成我的学位。
I started taking classes at UC, Berkeley. 我开始在伯克利加州大学上课。
I took several classes. 我上了几节课。
But the only one I can remember, 但我唯一记得的是
Was a sailing class taught at Berkeley, Marina. 在滨海伯克利（Berkeley）上航海课。
Once again I fell in Love and began a life-long affair. 我再次坠入爱河，开始了终生的恋情。
With a limitless omnipotent Pacific ocean. 拥有无限的无所不能的太平洋。
My class was over, I wanted to buy a sailboat. 我的课结束了，我想买帆船。
My wife said, 我太太说
This was the single stupidest idea she had ever heard in her entire life. 这是她一生中听到过的最愚蠢的想法。
She accused me of being irresponsible. 她指责我不负责任。
And she told me I lacked ambition. 她告诉我我没有野心。
She kicked me out, 她把我踢出去
And then she divorced me. 然后她与我离婚了。
This was a pivotal moment in my life. 这是我一生中的关键时刻。
But this time I was not disappointed in myself. 但是这次我并没有对自己感到失望。
Their dreams and my dreams were different. 他们的梦想和我的梦想是不同的。
I would never confuse the two of them again. 我再也不会混淆他们两个。
I searched and I searched, 我搜索了，然后搜索了，
But I just could not find a software engineering job. 但是我只是找不到软件工程工作。
That I loved as much as I loved sailing. 我热爱帆船。
So I tried to create one. 因此，我尝试创建一个。
I put together a plan to start my own company. 我制定了一个计划来创办自己的公司。
That way I could completely control my work environment. 这样，我可以完全控制自己的工作环境。
My goal was to create the perfect job for me, 我的目标是为我创造完美的工作，
A job I truly loved. 我真正喜欢的工作。
Hire the most talented software engineers in Silicon Valley. 雇用硅谷最有才华的软件工程师。
We assembled an all star team of gifted programmers. 我们组建了一支由天才程序员组成的全明星团队。
Who were among the best in the world at what they did. 谁在他们所做的事情上是世界上最好的。
That team was one crazy idea, 那支球队是一个疯狂的主意，
It gave birth to a giant company. 它催生了一家巨型公司。
I call it a crazy idea, 我称这是一个疯狂的主意
Because at that time everyone told me it was a crazy idea. 因为当时每个人都告诉我这是一个疯狂的主意。
And when you start telling people, 当你开始告诉别人时，
That all the experts are wrong, 所有专家都错了
At first, they call you arrogant, 首先，他们称您为傲慢，
And then they say 'you are crazy'. 然后他们说“你疯了”。
When people start telling you that you are crazy, 当人们开始告诉你你疯了时，
You just might be onto the most important innovation in your life. 您可能只是生活中最重要的创新。
The idea was to build the world's first relational database. 这个想法是建立世界上第一个关系数据库。
And IBM was building a prototype in their research labs. IBM正在他们的研究实验室中构建原型。
But back then, the collective wisdom of computer experts, 但是那时，计算机专家的集体智慧
Where relational databases could be built, they would never be fast enough to be useful. 在可以建立关系数据库的地方，它们永远不会足够快而无用。
This is one of those times when the experts were wrong, 这是专家们错的时候之一，
Arrogance and insanity turned out to be innovation in disguise. 傲慢和精神错乱变成了变相的创新。
As the information age moved from dawn to the full light of day, 随着信息时代从黎明变成了一天的曙光，
Technology horizons were constantly shifting, 技术视野不断变化，
Revealing a brave and exciting world of new possibilities and new opportunities. 展现一个充满新机遇和新机遇的勇敢而令人兴奋的世界。
Oracle doubled in size year after year after year for ten years. 甲骨文的规模连续十年年年翻番。
I have set out to create the perfect programming job for me, 我已经着手为我创造完美的编程工作，
Instead I created a job where I had a star programming altogether. 取而代之的是，我创造了一份工作，使我一整天都在编程。
I attempted to create an environment that I could completely control. 我试图创建一个可以完全控制的环境。
Instead I was running a company with thousands and thousands of people 相反，我经营着一家拥有成千上万人的公司
That was growing so fast, 增长如此之快，
That it was impossible for anyone to control. 任何人都无法控制。
In a constantly changing world, 在瞬息万变的世界中
What is possible is a moving target. 移动目标是可能的。
Don't be afraid to experiment and try lots of different things. 不要害怕尝试并尝试许多不同的事情。
And don't let the experts discourage you, 而且不要让专家劝阻您，
When you challenge the status quo. 当您挑战现状时。
Each of you has a chance to discover who you are, 你们每个人都有机会发现自己，
Rather than who you should be. 而不是你应该是谁。
A chance to live your dreams, 有机会实现梦想
Not the dreams of others. 不是别人的梦想。
Each of you has an obligation to commit to a righteous cause, 你们每个人都有义务致力于正义事业，
One that elevates you and improves the conditions of humanity and a planet. 可以提升您的水平，改善人类环境和地球的条件。
Until you find a job that ignites your passions, 在找到一份激发您激情的工作之前，
Like I did, 像我一样
Even better. 更好。
You just might find one that you love. 您可能会找到自己喜欢的人。