Before working for Taggart Transcontinental, Galt worked as an engineer for the Twentieth Century Motor Company, where he secretly invented a generator of usable electric energy from ambient static electricity, but abandoned his prototype, and his employment, when dissatisfied by an easily corrupted novel system of payment.
bᵻfˌoːɹ wˈɜːkɪŋ fɔːɹ tˈæɡɑːɹt tɹænskˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl, ɡˈɔlt wˈɜːkt æz ɐn ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ fɚðə twˈɛntiəθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi mˈoʊɾɚ kˈʌmpəni, wˌɛɹ hiː sˈiːkɹᵻtli ɪnvˈɛntᵻd ɐ dʒˈɛnɚɹˌeɪɾɚɹ ʌv jˈuːzəbəl ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk ˈɛnɚdʒi fɹʌm ˈæmbiənt stˈæɾɪk ᵻlɛktɹˈɪsᵻɾi, bˌʌt ɐbˈændənd hɪz pɹˈoʊɾoʊtˌaɪp, ænd hɪz ɛmplˈɔɪmənt, wˌɛn dɪsˈæɾɪsfˌaɪd baɪ ɐn ˈiːzili kɚɹˈʌptᵻd nˈɑːvəl sˈɪstəm ʌv pˈeɪmənt.