我完全給計(jì)算機(jī)迷住了
And a computer to me was still a little mysterious
當(dāng)然計(jì)算機(jī)對(duì)我而言仍然有些神秘
cause it's at the other end of wire,I had never really seen the actual computer itself.
因?yàn)檎嬲挠?jì)算機(jī)藏在電纜的另一端,而我從未見(jiàn)過(guò)
I think I got towards computers after that, saw the inside,
打那以后我總想著計(jì)算機(jī)
and then I was part of this school byHewlett-Packard.
后來(lái)我在惠普附近的學(xué)校讀書(shū)
When I was 12, I called up Bill Hewlett who lived in Hewlett-Packard at the time.
12歲時(shí)我打電話給Bill Hewlett,他當(dāng)時(shí)住在惠普
And again it dazed me...
又是一次奇妙的經(jīng)歷
But there was no such thing as unlistedtelephone number then,
當(dāng)時(shí)所有的電話號(hào)碼都印在號(hào)碼簿里
so I can just look into the book and look his name up.
只要翻電話號(hào)碼簿,就能查到他的電話
And he answered the phone, and I saidHi, My name is Steve Jobs.
他接了電話,我說(shuō)我叫Steve Jobs
You don't know me, but I'm 12 years old, and I'm building a frequency counter, and I'd like some spare parts.
你不認(rèn)識(shí)我,我12歲,打算做頻率計(jì)數(shù)器,需要些零件
And so he talked to me for about 20 minutes,
我們聊了大概20分鐘
I will never forget as long as I live, he gave me the parts, but he also gave me a job working in Hewlett-Packard that summer.
我永遠(yuǎn)記得他不但給了零件,還邀請(qǐng)我夏天去惠普打工
And I was 12 years old, and that really made a remarkable influence on me.
我才12歲,這件事對(duì)我產(chǎn)生了不可思議的影響
Hewlett-Packardwas really the only company I'd ever seen in my life at that age.
惠普是我見(jiàn)過(guò)的第一家公司
And it forms my view of what a company was and how well they treated their employees.
它讓我懂得了什么是公司,如何善待員工
You know, at that time, I mean they didn't know about cholesterol back then.
那時(shí)還沒(méi)有膽固醇偏高一說(shuō)
And then at that time they used to bring a big car full of donuts and coffee out at 10 o'clock every morning,
每天上午十點(diǎn)公司拖來(lái)滿滿一卡車(chē)的甜面圈和咖啡
and everyone take a coffee and have a donut break, just little things like that.
大家停下工作喝杯咖啡,品嘗甜面圈
It was clear that the company recognized its true values was its employees.
很明顯惠普明白公司真正的價(jià)值在于員工