Quora精選：你犯過最美好的錯誤是什麼？
What's the Best Mistake You've Ever Made?
你犯過最美好的錯誤是什麼
獲得7.4k好評的回答@ Luke Crawford
I sent a job application to the wrong email address. It was 1997, I was a kid working tech support at a local ISP called . I knew C and had taught myself Perl during downtime. I was applying for a Programmer I position at the university where my dad worked. I sent my resume along with a really long university application. Instead of sending the packet to , I sent it to . A few days later, the head of the NOC called me into his office. Before I really had time to be nervous, he started interviewing me. He gave me a page of a C program and asked me what it did. I didn't really get it at first, so I went through line by line explaining it. I recognised the port for POP3 and get host by addr() and the guy seemed to be getting more and more excited. In one of the funnier cases of title inflation, they called me “staff programmer”. That's one rank up from senior programmer. I was 17.
我把工作申請發錯郵箱地址。那是在1997年，我還是個孩子，在當地一家互聯網服務供應商工作。我在停工期自學了C語言和Perl代碼，當時我申請了我父親所工作的大學的編程員工作。我將我的簡歷連同學校超長的申請表一起發送了過去，結果發去的地址是，而不是，幾天後，NOC 的老闆打電話讓我去他的辦公室。我還處在惶恐不安時，他開始對我進行面試。他給了我一張C語言編程並問我怎麼做。其實一開始我並不懂，所以我逐行解釋。後來我發現了端口3，並通過地址獲取主機，他開始變得越來越興奮了。最有趣的是他們還給我取了個頭銜是“高級程序員”，那是對高級程序員的稱呼，那時我才17歲。
獲得32.2k好評的回答@ John Catiller
I asked the wrong woman on a date. I have a problem remembering names and faces. There was a girl at school I had been chatting with during lunch breaks, Vicki. There was another that I had met and spoken to exactly once during an outdoor cookout at the school (college) Marie.
我搞錯了約會對象，我記不住人名和臉。有一個叫做薇姬的女生，我們曾在午飯時間交談過。還有另外一個女生名叫瑪麗，曾謀面過並在學校組織的戶外野炊聊過天。
I had an occasion where I was performing, the event included a dinner and dancing and I could bring a date
我有一個重要場合需要出席，期間將舉行晚宴、跳舞，我還可以帶一個女伴。
I planned to ask Vicki as I had spent more time with her and felt I knew her better.
我打算約上薇姬，主要是我和她更熟點。
I am rushing between classes and I am stopped by a girl who says Hi. Vicki. I surprise her by asking her to accompany me to my event. She says yes and I get out my note pad to write down her number and write the name Vicki. She says “That's not my name.” I apologize for my memory glitch and ask her what her name is. Marie. Then it dawned on me, I had just asked out the wrong girl. But she had said yes and I was a gentleman so I would not back out.
由於急着去上課，我在一個女生面前停下，對她說：嗨，薇姬。我約她和我一起去那個聚會，似乎讓她有點驚訝。她答應了，於是我拿出筆記本記下她的號碼和她的名字薇姬。她說那不是她的名字。我爲我的過失道歉，並問她叫什麼。她回答我是瑪麗。我明白了，我約錯女生了。但是她答應了，作爲一個紳士我不能收回我的話。
We went on the date. We both fell in love that night. We were engaged three weeks later. That was 38 years and one son ago. We are still together. And yes, she knows the story.
我們如期赴約。在那晚我們墜入愛河。三週之後我們訂了婚，事情過去已經三十八年了，我們還有了一個兒子。如今我們還在一起，是的，她也知道這個故事。
（本文翻譯：蘇梨）
