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So a high school classmate asked....
Looking at my career path, I have to say I have been very lucky. I returned to Taiwan in the early 90s, when having a degree from an university in the US still translated into advantages in the job market. In addition, industries such as mass media that had been under tight government control under martial law before 1987 were liberalized. Previously suppressed labor rights movement became in vogue. More positions were available than people specializing in these fields, so employers were willing to give anyone interested who seemed to have good general skill sets a try. That's how I got to work in the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) without passing the civil service exam, and in CommonHealth magazine without formal training in journalism. It's probably no longer possible to have these opportunities to explore if I were to start my career today.
After almost 15 years of full-time work in what may have seem to be totally different kind of jobs, I am quite certain that no matter what kind of day-to-day work I have, it will involve "bridging", whether bridging between specialists and the public (such as the works I had done in IOSH and Commonhealth), or between languages and cultures (such as what I am doing now). Not only do I feel a sense of accomplishment when I bring two disparate parties together, my skills in information gathering, organizing, and communicating (espcially through writing) also seem to suit this kind of work well. I believe that it is a gift of God to find satisfaction in all our toils (Ecclesiates 3:13), and am grateful for how he has led me over the years.
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