Age 31-32 (4) Being a part of a work system

Even at simple work, on a real job gave much more clearer imagination than any job training I had experienced. In my first job, my daily work was to open envelopes, check forms in them, match the form IDs to other information, and enter data to change status. A trivial task like opening an envelope is an essential part to the huge system of the project.

This strengthened the motivation to study more about computer systems and information technologies, giving the concept that information technologies existed before people began to use computers in business, for in clerical works plenty of information was and is dealt with by many employees, and the use of computers in such information processing at work is finding out what type of work can be made much easier by power of a computer. For example, same processes in millions of forms may well be dealt with processed by a computer rather than using thousands of human office workers.

I had to concentrate on work with my hands in a large part of my work hours, but when I was allowed to reflect on myself in my free time and regular counseling with my job coach, I spoke this concept little by little, telling being a part of work system was an exciting thing I had never experienced, giving no less excitement than proving theories and structures of math or languages in university.