Not long after graduating, he tried to take an exam to become a newspaper reporter at the Commercial Times, but he says his family stopped him before the second round of the test (his sister, who worked in the industry, told the examiner, "This kid has to take the bar exam, don't hire him!").
法律系畢業前，他先考上書記官卻無心赴任，畢業不久偷偷報考工商時報記者，複試時卻被家人「半途攔截」──在報界服務的姊姊叮囑主考官：「這小子必須繼續考律師，請不要錄用！」