From his start as a second lieutenant all the way to sporting the single star of a major general, Tsao's professional career was never impacted by his ethnicity, although privately his comrades would inevitably bring up the differences.
從踏出軍校的小少尉，到肩上掛著一顆星的少將，曹明生認為升遷過程並沒有受到「原住民」身分的影響，但同袍私下難免會用影射族群差異的字眼調侃彼此。