Move up the ladder into management, architecture, or design; switch to sales or product management; or jump ship and become an entrepreneur ( old guys have a huge advantage in the startup world).

升级到做管理，架构，设计等职位上；转到销售或产品管理上；下海，成为企业家（在搞创业这方面老家伙更有优势(英文)）。

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Then he put a ladder into the hole, and I could climb onto the ship.

然后他放下一个梯子到洞里来，好让我爬上船。

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I suspended a rope-ladder from the rail of the ship.

我将一个软梯悬挂在船栏杆上。

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When I get to the top of the ladder I'm usually met by a ship's officer and he takes me up to the bridge to meet the captain.

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The weather was more temperate last year, when she and her husband Roberto escaped the ship carrying their 10-month-old son Daniel down a rope ladder.

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The pirates often sit out in the Gulf of Aden and chase ship after ship until they catch one small enough and slow enough that they can attach a ladder and climb aboard.

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