If you only want to learn, you can learn a lot; you’ll become proficient in about half a year.

Since you work as a photographer, you usually have to go to the designated school in the morning, arriving at around seven o’clock. Yes, you read that right;

The assignments can be as far away as Hsinchu or Yilan. Of course, the company will provide you with a car, but it’s perfectly normal for the windows not to close or for the car to break down;

A NT$50,000 used car with a lingering cigarette smell is still bearable. What you fear most is smoke coming from the engine.

You have to pay for your own three meals. Occasionally, a school will invite you to eat with them, saving you the cost of one meal;

I can accept paying the fuel costs upfront. As for photography equipment, if you don’t have your own, the company may provide basic entry-level DSLR equipment,

which is why I say that having a learning mindset is important here: you can find out whether you really like photography.

What I found harder to accept was when the car broke down in Yilan. When I asked my supervisor how to handle it, they only said to leave the car there or have a tow truck take it back to a repair shop next to the company. Since I also had a shoot in Yilan the next day, I stayed at a friend’s house that night,

then followed the tow truck back to Taipei after finishing. I paid the towing fee upfront, took the receipt to claim reimbursement, but was refused?

Because they didn’t know whether I had caused the damage by driving it?