g moved into a research lab position. The bad news; the pressure is really going to be on me now.I spend the next six months in an on the job training program with about fifteen other people who are going to be promoted to research. Luckily, these classes are free, so it is like I am getting paid to go to school. At the end of the six-month training, I am issued a test to see if I have learned anything in the training course. I pass the test with an average score. The next week I find myself in a research lab making five times what I has been making about four year ago. My job in the research lab is to analyze integrated chip and circuit board designs. I will attend a meeting with the other researchers once a week to collaborate our ideas to improve the speed and reliability of these chips and boards. My job is very intense and demanding. Often I have to work sixty to seventy hour weeks. The pay however makes it all worth it.I love my new job. Monday mornings I actually look forward to going to work, unlike when I worked at the television factory and dreaded the thought of going to work. The quality of my life has improved. I am in a larger apartment in a better part of town, have a small motor scooter and now I dont have to take the stinking train to work. My new apartment still doesn't have modern plumbing, but hey who does? I never had it before so I guess I dont know what Im missing. I am able to eat better now also. I try to eat a variety of food instead of rice for every meal. The years pass and I continue working in the research department at Wang Global. On several occasions supervisor and managers ask me if I would be interested in an executive position, but I decline. I really do love my job in research. Eventually, I do take the supervisor position for my department, but this is after working for the company for about six years.As supervisor I make Wang Global a lot of money developing new chipsets and bo...
