The 37-year-old Lin was himself born in Kaohsiung, but after graduating from Taipei's World College of Journalism and Communications, he, like most of his classmates, stayed in Taipei to work. He remained in Taipei until the company he worked for, Kuang Tung Publishing, opened a store in Kaohsiung in 1987.
現年三十七歲的他，出身高雄，台北世新專科畢業後，順理成章地留在台北工作，直到民國七十六年他工作的光統圖書公司要在高雄開設連鎖店，才有機會回來。