The Curse of the Left Staircase

 

My second job working abroad was with a big corporation. Thefirst one didn’t really count, it was a start-up, and the company went bankruptin less than a year. However, it gave me some credentials to apply forpermanent residency in that country. This second job in this corporation wassomewhat related to my field, but I wasn’t very good at it yet (It was a newskill). I had no idea why they hired me after multiple interviews, maybebecause it wasn’t a common skill back then, and I was a fres...