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保罗·格雷厄姆《《我做过的工作》》· What I Worked On · 领导 · 财富

Before college the two main things I worked on, outside of school, were writing and programming. I didn't write essays. I wrote what beginning writers were supposed to write then, and probably still are: short stories. My stories were awful. They had hardly any plot, just characters with strong feelings, which I imagined made them deep. The first programs I tried writing were on the IBM 1401 that our school district used for what was then called "data processing." This was in 9th grade, so I was 13 or 14. The school district's 1401 happened to be in the basement of our junior high school, and my friend Rich Draves and I got permission to use it.

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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 1 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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保罗·格雷厄姆回忆大学前主要做两件事:写作和编程。他写的是短篇小说,但自认为很糟——没什么情节,只有情绪强烈的角色,还误以为这样显得深刻。编程方面,他九年级时和同学里奇·德拉夫斯获准使用学校所在学区放在初中地下室的IBM 1401计算机,当时那台机器用于“数据处理”。他十三四岁就开始写程序。这说明早期兴趣往往不成熟,但持续动手尝试本身有价值。不必等作品完美才继续,关键是保持对写作和编程的实践,允许自己从糟糕的作品中学习。

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保罗·格雷厄姆是程序员、创业者、Y Combinator 联合创始人,他在文章《我做过的工作》中回顾早年经历。

今日一问

你年少时哪些“不成熟”的爱好,后来意外成了你的能力基础?

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