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约翰回忆说，他的第一份工作是在一家餐厅里打扫卫生。。。

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John

Silicon Valley

Integrated Microcomputer Systems, Inc. (IMS)

He wanted to become a mathematics teacher, but encountered many difficulties along the way, most importantly that employers would not hire him because he was deaf. John reflects that his first job was cleaning up at a restaurant. "I supervised myself, so my lack of hearing didn't affect my job," he recalls. He went on to receive his master's degree in computer science, but after applying for hundreds of jobs, he once again found that employers were unwilling to hire him, evidently because he was disabled. In the late 1970s, John decided that the only way a deaf person could succeed in business was to take ownership of the problem and develop his or her own business. Frustrated by the lack of employment opportunities for deaf individuals, he and his brothers took out a huge loan and founded a software company in the Silicon Valley, Integrated Microcomputer Systems, Inc. (IMS).
想成为一名数学老师，但是在这个过程中碰到了许多困难，最大的困难是，雇主因为他耳聋而不愿雇用他。 约翰回忆说，他的第一份工作是在一家餐厅里打扫卫生。“我监督自己工作，因此我的耳聋并不影响我的工作。” 他回忆道。他继续攻读，获得计算机科学硕士学位，但是在数百次的工作应聘后，他再次发现雇主们不愿意雇用他，显然因为他是个残疾人。 20世纪70年代后期，约翰断定，作为一个聋人，只有自己解决问题，开创自己的生意，才能在事业上获得成功。由于对聋人缺乏工作机会而感到灰心，他和他的兄弟们贷了一大笔款，在硅谷成立了一家软件公司：集成微机系统有限公司 (IMS)。