It has been over three years since I started working, during which I have hopped around various organizations and held several different positions. If I were to divide these three years into segments, it would look something like this:

• First Segment: February 2011 – June 2011, lasting 4 months. During this period, I hastily went through three different jobs: group buying website operations (only one week), website maintenance (two months), and online marketing (two months).
• Second Segment: July 2011 – November 2012, lasting 15 months. This period was relatively stable, as I consistently worked on the same tasks: managing the court’s information systems and maintaining internal and external websites.
• Third Segment: December 2012 – July 2014, lasting 20 months. This phase can be further divided into three sub-segments: from December 2012 to May 2013, I worked at a judicial office handling petition and stability maintenance; from June 2013 to October 2013, I was at the legal education office responsible for legal publicity; from November 2013 to January 2014, I served in a rural village as part of a “three rural services” program; from January to February 2014, I returned to the legal education office; and from March to June 2014, I went back to the judicial office.

Over these three years, the major events I experienced in my career include:

1. February 2011: Just before graduation, I landed my first job. After a few days, I felt uneasy, sensing that the group buying model had significant flaws. The disconnect between procurement and sales in this small-scale B2C model was too great. Within a week, I quit, fearing I would get stuck in a quagmire. A year later, most local group buying websites had collapsed.
2. June 2011: A few days before graduating, amidst restlessness, I pondered my future. Should I continue in computer networking or return to my legal roots? After much deliberation, I decided to join a local grassroots court, determined to work as a clerk for a meager salary of 2,200 yuan per month, minus social security deductions.
3. September 2011: After passing a government-organized exam for contract workers, I transitioned from a temporary contract worker to a government employee with an annual salary of 50,000 yuan, enough to survive. This gave me some time to reflect on life. The court was filled with talented individuals, all graduates from prestigious universities, fiercely competing for civil service positions. Inspired by them, I naively dreamed of eventually becoming a civil servant and returning to the court.
4. April 2012: I took my first civil service exam. Due to a heavy workload, I was underprepared and applied for a position at a judicial office in the outskirts of the Pearl River Delta. I intended to gain interview experience, but to my surprise, I ranked first in both the written and interview rounds and was hired. This unexpected turn of events meant I might spend the rest of my life in the outskirts. I officially started in December, abandoning my plans to take the judicial exam that year.
5. December 2012: I began working at a grassroots judicial office, embarking on a grueling journey of handling petitions and maintaining stability. While other towns had relatively lighter workloads, my jurisdiction was a complex urban-rural fringe with tangled interests, especially regarding village self-governance. The challenges were overwhelming. To avoid frequent overtime calls from my superiors, I lived over 10 kilometers away from the office, enduring long commutes that were as exhausting as the work itself.
6. June 2013: I was summoned by the bureau leadership to work at the legal education office. I had assumed government work would be easier than grassroots work, but the workload was on a completely different scale. Expecting to be swamped, I found myself with ample free time, which I used to study for the judicial exam. Surprisingly, I passed.
7. September 2013: I finally passed the judicial exam. Thankfully, I had been transferred to the legal education office; had I stayed at the judicial office, I wouldn’t have had the time to study.
8. November 2013: I volunteered for a rural service program organized by the municipal government, living in a village committee for three months. I spent most of my time with seasoned government officials, accomplishing little, which left me feeling guilty.
9. March 2014: The bureau leadership offered to transfer my position to the legal education office with a promotion. However, I resisted the temptation and declined, later returning to the judicial office at the request of the director. Looking back, I’m glad I didn’t transfer my personnel file to the legal education office, as it would have been difficult to move again later.
10. April 2014: Upon returning to the judicial office, I immediately began the process of transferring to another civil service position. My initial application was meant to gain exam experience for my long-term goal of returning to the court. However, in May, a sudden wave of judicial reforms reportedly froze court transfers indefinitely. Soon after, I received an offer from the first unit I applied to. Thus, by a twist of fate, I prepared to move to a new workplace.
11. July 2014: I transferred to a new position, starting another chapter in my journey.

Looking back at these three years, I realize I spent most of my time wandering, and I can hardly recall any truly meaningful accomplishments.