Chu at that time had already finished his military service and was working for the advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather. While his classmates were heading towards the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park to strike it rich, he preferred to take another path. Having persuaded the ad agency to take him on even though he had graduated with an electrical engineering degree, he found that his talents were beginning to be appreciated there.
當時，朱學恆已經退伍進入奧美廣告公司工作，當同班同學都一逕地往「錢」景誘人的竹科發展時，只有他特立獨行，以一位電機系高材生的身分，竟然說服廣告公司聘用他，然後就在公司逐漸重用他之際，不到一年時間，他又決定跳出不玩了。