Google就没有业务部

　　so what was there to generally manage?

　　那要我去总管什么呢？

　　And the job was several levels lower

　　何况那职位

　　than jobs I was being offered at other companies

　　比我在其他公司得到的offers都要低好几级

　　So I sat down with Eric Schmidt

　　后来我和当时刚刚上任的CEO

　　who had just become the CEO

　　艾里克·施密特见了面

　　and I showed him the spreadsheet and I said

　　我给他看了我的列表 我说

　　this job meets none of my criteria

　　这份工作完全不合我的选择标准

　　He put his hand on my spreadsheet and he looked at me and said

　　他用手按住我的表格 看着我说

　　Don't be an idiot

　　不要犯傻

　　Excellent career advice

　　极佳的职业忠告

　　And then he said, Get on a rocket ship

　　然后他说 重要的是坐上火箭

　　When companies are growing quickly and having a lot of impact

　　当公司在飞速发展而产生很大影响力时

　　careers take care of themselves

　　事业自然也会突飞猛进

　　And when companies aren't growing quickly

　　当公司发展较慢时

　　or their missions don't matter as much

　　或者公司前景一般时

　　that's when stagnation and politics come in

　　停滞和办公室政治就会出现

　　If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship

　　如果你得到了坐上火箭的机会

　　don't ask what seat. Just get on

　　别管是什么位置 上去就行

　　About six and one-half years later

　　大概六年半之后

　　when I was leaving Google

　　当我要离开Google的时候

　　I took that advice to heart

　　我记住了这句忠告

　　I was offered CEO jobs at a bunch of companies

　　当时好几家公司请我去做CEO

　　but I went to Facebook as COO

　　但是我去了Facebook做COO(首席运营官)

　　At the time people said

　　那时有人问你

　　why are you going to work for a 23-year-old?

　　为什么要去给一个23岁的年轻人打工？

　　The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder

　　职业发展通常会被比作爬阶梯

　　but I no longer think that metaphor holds

　　但我认为这个比喻不再恰当了

　　It just doesn't make sense

　　在越来越扁平的世界里

　　in a less hierarchical world

　　这种说法是没有意义的

　　When I was first at Facebook

　　我刚到Facebook的时候

　　a woman named Lori Goler, a 1997 graduate of HBS

　　97届HBS的校友Lori Goler

　　was working in marketing at eBay

　　还在eBay做市场营销

　　and I knew her kind of socially

　　我和认识了她 并且知道她善于交际

　　She called me and she said

　　她打电话给我说

　　I want to think about you know talk with you

　　我想和你谈谈

　　about coming to work with you at Facebook

　　到Facebook和你一起工作的事

　　So I thought about calling you

　　我想到给你打电话

　　and telling you all the things I'm good at and all the things I like to do

　　和你说我有哪些特长以及我想做的事情

　　But I figured that everyone is doing that

　　但我知道所有人都会这样说