Then she thought about her own journey, from being full of ambition to hitting walls everywhere. Before entering the workforce, she never knew how harsh the real world could be.
After taking a beating from the real world, she finally understood that there's a limit to what one person can do. Hard work alone wasn't enough to solve problems—you also needed luck.
She had chosen to be the Marketing Director at Zhi Fei Aerospace because she felt that in sales, the more you worked, the more you earned, and she could make the money she needed.
She had given up on her early fantasies. A master's degree in economics from Qingbei didn't guarantee a management position at a large corporation with a hefty salary.
These days, PhDs were a dime a dozen, so what was a master's degree even worth?
She refused to bow to life, refused to compromise with power and influence. That's why she chose to go into sales, relying on her own abilities to live with her head held high.
