During the era of martial law, devoting oneself to "art" meant spending a lifetime in poverty, and "politics" was a taboo subject. His family worried that he was setting off down a "road of no return" toward these two undesirable realms. They encouraged him to pursue a career in engineering instead, and so he entered the Department of Engineering at National Taipei Institute of Technology.
在那個戒嚴年代，「藝術」預示著未來的貧困，「政治」又是個碰不得的敏感議題，家人眼見他逐漸沉迷於這兩項世俗眼中的不歸路，便鼓勵他選擇工科，考入台北工專電機科就讀。