Since I was little, I always liked technology-related things, but at that time everything was very expensive in my country (Peru). And even more so, it was one of the countries where technology did not arrive very quickly. My godmother, who lived in the United States, gave me portable consoles, and that’s where my path began in the world of console video games. I started with Game Boy and moved on to black-and-white, eventually reaching the Nintendo Wii.
Over time, my father gave me a very particular gift: a computer keyboard (which didn’t work). I had fun imagining that he would use it to write stories. My father is self-taught. He built a computer for me and my sister (purchasing pieces piece by piece). The hardware was already ready, but not the software. However, his work kept him quite busy and required time, so he did not install the operating system; he hired a specialist for that last task. I remember that time a lot because that specialist looked like “John Lennon” and I called him “Mr. The People” (In reference to a part of the lyrics of the song by Imagine - John Lennon).
I have always considered myself a very curious person, and at that time, I sat down to watch how “Mr. The People” installed and configured the computer. Everything I saw on the screen seemed like magic, and I also wanted to learn how to do it. At that time, I had to learn some DOS commands to try computer games, so my father bought a DOS manual. He learned it first, and then he taught me. One of the things I liked most as a child was to turn on the computer, enter DOS, put in my game disk, enter the file folder and run my games. At that time, I asked my father: what job could give me more money? (Because I wanted to buy more games) and he told me, “Systems Engineering.” Since then, I had in mind that that was what I wanted to study.
As time went by, I investigated and discovered that this career was closely linked to technology and closely related to computers, which motivated me more to be sure that that was what I wanted. This is how, since I was a child, I decided to be a Systems Engineer, it all started with the innocence of having more games to discover what exactly would relate me to technology forever.
As I grew older, I became more passionate about technology, which led me to join the Microsoft Community in college. I was a leader of my community, and we participated in several technology challenges with them. The one I remember most is the Imagine Cup 2013, where we came in third place nationally with the mobile application we created called “NexTalky” (a voice social network). It was one of the greatest adventures of my life to develop that application against the clock.
(I had to make the video with PowerPoint with 8 hours left before the platform closed because the person hired for the video canceled us at the last minute.)
Throughout my professional growth, I have followed Microsoft’s technological trends. For this reason, one of the people I admire the most in terms of technology and business is Bill Gates.
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