Chang spent eight arduous years working his way up the ladder of civil service exams: first the general civil-service exam, then the junior-grade civil-service exam, followed by more and more tests until he passed his final exam at the age of 24 and was assigned to the Ministry of Personnel in the Examination Yuan in Taipei. "The day I can hold my head high has finally arrived," he thought to himself.
經過 8 年寒窗苦讀，一路過關斬將，由公務員普檢、普考、高檢、高考、特考，一路考上去。24 歲那年張清來通過公務員金融特考，被分發到台北考試院銓敘部，「出頭天的日子終於來了！」