But he was destined to study information processing at Chiayi Senior Commercial Vocational School and work for several years before finally graduating from the Graduate Institute of Design at Dayeh University in 1996. While attending junior college, Hsieh worked for the student association as its art director, doing campus design work and contracting out projects. By the time he graduated, he'd put together a substantial portfolio.
念的雖是商專，在校期間，他擔任學生會美工主席，校園佈置的美工設計與發包都由他完成，畢業時，累積了一疊厚厚的作品集。