I knew this county was over 200 kilometers from the city, with no high-speed rail, only long-distance buses, taking over ten hours round trip.
Additionally, the pay in the county was low, and radiology was far from my previous specialty.
But now, I had no room to be picky.
I had to grasp any lifeline at hand; I needed a job to fight for my son's custody.
After registering, I devoted myself entirely to exam preparation.
When I first started at the hospital, I rotated through the radiology department. This knowledge wasn't difficult.
But being away from the field for seven years, both medical theory and technology had evolved significantly, making my once-familiar skills obsolete.
Besides studying theoretical knowledge, I frequently reached out to old classmates to help me understand the latest radiology equipment in various hospitals.
Knowing I was applying for a radiology position in a district, my classmates nodded with awkward smiles. "Good, good."
But their faces showed mixed reactions—surprise, doubt, and even schadenfreude.
Once a top student who became a chief surgeon at General Hospital shortly after graduation, I was the envy of everyone.
Now, I couldn't even get a radiology job.