If I can find a mentor, I think I can create the next Facebook or Apple

If I can find a mentor, I think I can create the next Facebook or Apple
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This essay is one of 35 selected by a panel of judges for “Ambitions Interrupted,” a series from The GroundTruth Project and YouthVoices, its storytelling platform.

Name: Michael Reyes

Age: 18

Dream job: Founder and CEO of a tech company

City, Country: Manila, Philippines

Current job/school: University student

Challenge: Financial difficulties, finding a mentor

My dream job is to become the founder and CEO of a corporation that can compete with the world’s leading technological companies like Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft. This has been my dream since I started admiring their contributions in technology when I was a kid. Their inventions have created breakthroughs and revolutionary advancements in technology, and also in simplifying our daily tasks. Their brilliant creations have helped billions of people worldwide.

That’s why I am determined to fulfill this dream, not for fame or popularity, but to help other people. I am always using inventions and gadgets developed by other people, and I am continually astonished by how these ideas can be very helpful in solving specific problems and in making people’s lives simpler.

There are challenges that I face in making my dream job possible. The very first hindrance in achieving my dream is the financial problem. With my current financial situation, I am barely making it, in terms of paying the required reasonable tuition fees at the Technological Institute of the Philippines, and almost not having enough money for additional school expenses.

Another challenge is my need for mentoring support from experienced technopreneurs, and my fear of failure. But I am confident that I will not falter in attaining my dream job due to these difficulties. I can fulfill my whole-hearted purpose of helping other people through my ideas and inventions someday, because my passion of helping them will not burn out and will always be here inside me.

This story was originally submitted to YouthVoices, a platform powered by The GroundTruth Project that encourages young people to share stories about the issues affecting their generation. Submit your own essays and answer new questions here, or learn more about global youth unemployment with this interactive map.

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