我还漏掉了什么

　　Okay, all those others. Those too, those are useful degrees

　　好 其它所有这些 也都是很有用的学位

　　I had a degree in history literature

　　我拿到的是历史文学学位

　　which is a great degree too

　　这个学位也很不错

　　but there's some of the least practical majors and I combined them

　　不过 最不实用的专业课都被我选到了

　　And it's not that I didn't ideas about what to do after graduating, I had too many

　　我在毕业后倒不是一点想法都没有 而是想法太多

　　I thought about taking the foreign service exam

　　我想过参加驻外事务考试

　　about spending life as a diplomat

　　当一名外交官

　　I even thought about medical school and how I could save people

　　我还想过进入医学院 去挽救人们的生命

　　but then I also thought about waiting tables

　　我还想到了餐馆服务

　　and maybe opening a cupcake shop

　　或许我可以开一家杯形蛋糕店

　　but in the meantime, I needed into my life intervened

　　但是 生活并不是一大堆幻想

　　I became practical

　　我需要实际一些

　　I needed money after graduation

　　我毕业后需要钱

　　And my parents were not going to pay my way anymore

　　我父母也不打算继续支付我的生活开支

　　I stopped worrying about getting the right job

　　我不再考虑怎么找到正确的工作

　　and I focused on just getting a job

　　只要找到一份工作我就心满意足了

　　And although it's quite difficult at the time, I need to thank my parents

　　那段时间很艰难 不过我需要感谢父母

　　for forcing me out into the workforce

　　谢谢他们逼我进入了职场

　　My mom and dad are here today

　　我的父母今天也在现场

　　So thank you, mom and dad

　　谢谢你们 爸爸妈妈

　　for making me get up, get out and do something

　　是你们让我走出了第一步 开始自己的职业生涯

　　With programming under my belt

　　由于有编程技能

　　I found work for a small educational startup in Palo Alto

　　我在帕洛阿尔托的一家小型教育初创公司找到了工作

　　and I discovered that technology was creative

　　我发现 技术具有创造性

　　I could build things for people all over the world

　　我可以为全世界所有人创建出东西

　　It was a start of a journey that has led me to incredible places

　　这是一个很好的开始 将我引向人生中各种美妙的地方

　　But it was never my plan

　　但这并不是我的计划

　　So maybe one thing more to try to remember

　　也许更需要大家记住的一点是

　　is plans are made to be broken

　　计划就是用来打破的