Finding it hard to adjust to this situation, many ITRI staff-Cyril Chiang included-have chosen to go elsewhere. Chiang's first opportunity to work in private industry came from a major ITRI project.
工研院有許多人因而適應不良，另謀出路，蔣重光也是其中之一，第一個轉戰企業界的機緣來自工研院的一件大案子。