Illegal factory worker in a Taiwan video game mfg. in a small family run business.
I did this on break my freshman year in college. I had to pirate software and screw together coin operated video game machines (back when they were legal). On occasion I would have to go to video game parlors to fix broken machines (the loose change rattling around the machinese were mine). My commute was from Luchou to Xindian on my motorcycle - twice daily. I got my breakfast and lunch box with the rest of the workers, (night school students). I got a real education into how things really work.
I also learned how to solder & seal wires, use powered screwdrivers and got really good at assembling things - skills that still help me on Christmas day.
I did it so I could learn the language and because I didn’t want to teach. The alternative was to work as a trader for my uncle on Wall St.