3.) Would you take the same career or path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

Information Technology is a very wide world. You can do many things. Steve Jobs even stated that the digital world is so powerful. And I agree to that. Because there are many things that an IT-person (or a person who is very into computer programs, computer softwares, and computer application) can do. Even if you are not an Information Technology student but you consider yourself as a computer and electronic whiz, you can do a lot of things in the digital world. You can go and get serious to some branches like in animation, photo editing, and many more.

Back when I was young, I enjoyed watching television together with my four siblings. My two older brothers introduced to us the cartoon world or anime’ world. I got hooked up with this kind of entertainment so easily. And starting then on, I became more into anime’ that I have decided to become an animator someday. Animation is used as an entertainment. It is an optical illusion where a collection of images looked like it is moving. It is a visual art technique where you can produce a motion or a simulation of movement out of the still drawn images that is placed in a sequence. Every image displays a small detail of the movement. This is the reason why I choose this course. I wanted to learn more about animation. But, as an IT student, I should be knowledgeable in all sort of things related to computers. 

There are plenty of careers that you can choose from. Steve Jobs took and pursued the field of technoprenuership. Technopreneurship is a combination of two words: ‘technology’ and ‘entrepreneur’. This word means to have a business related to computers/technology. Because of this man’s success, we actually say that the path that he have chosen is the right path, after all. Steve Jobs showed enthusiasm, expertise and strong desire for success in this field. He is really good in technopreneurship because he has this mindset for innovation. If he was able to have a successful life, why can’t we? But, I guess, I do not belong to this field that Steve Jobs have taken. 

For me, Technopreneurship is not my thing. But I do have ideas or plans for having a business someday. But for now, I will go to the thing that will make me happy. If Steve Jobs feel so contented and happy in this field and become successful. Then I should choose the path that will make me happy for this will give me success. Just like what I have said earlier, I wanted to become an animator. This will make me happy. I know, this path is far from what Steve Jobs have taken. Steve Jobs wanted to be the boss but I wanted to become an employee. I want to get paid for my work. I have dreamed of going outside of the country and try my luck. I wanted to work in Japan. I wanted to explore that country. And see the things that I have been seeing on television, especially in anime’. I know it sounds bad. A Filipino wanted to work abroad under a different race? This really contradict with what technopreneurship is all about. 

From the start, I know that I will have this difficulties in building my own business. I grew up in a simple living family. I don’t have expensive clothes or any expensive stuff. My parents sends me to school to learn, to be educated, to have a degree, and to get employed after. They have this simple dream for us, and that is to have a pretty well paid job after schooling. And because of that, I wanted to earn money by being an employee. But my dreams doesn’t stop there. That was my views for now. For me to be able to achieve all your dreams, to acquire success, and to have a better life, I should do it step by step. I have planned that after years of being an employee in a foreign land, I wanted to go back to the place where I came from. The reason why I wanted to work abroad is to save money, to learn all their technology, to explore things that made them successful and to apply it at home. This is my real plan.    

I will go to a foreign land and work there. After years of being an employee in an animation company, I wanted to form and build my own company at home. Just like what Steve Jobs did, he works for an apple farm then after that, when he have money to spend, he started and build his own company, the Apple Computers. I know that I will learn more techniques in this form of art outside the country (especially in Japan because here, animation is a big deal). I will build an animation company here, in Davao. I’ll train youngsters that have the potential in this kind of art. After that, I’ll offer jobs to them. I’ll make them work for me because I know that they will help my company bigger. For now, I know that these dream is far. But I am willing and eager to wait for that time to come. All I need to do is focus on what is very close to me at this point of my career. And that is to study hard. I will never rush things. If there is something that I want to do or decided to take, I will do it in a strategic way. I must plan so that everything will goes well.