A graduate of the police academy, Liao Hsueh-tang once served as a police officer and has worked in a number of different professions in Taipei. At 30 he returned to his hometown and began to work in the township office, but due to his straightforward manner and his penchant for speaking out against injustice, he often neglected his duties in order to join demonstrations.
警察學校畢業的廖學堂一度在台北「流浪」，擔任過警察，也遊走過不少行業，30 歲返回家鄉後，在鄉公所謀了份工作，但是阿莎力又喜歡打抱不平的個性，讓他常常「不務正業」地參與許多抗議活動。