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Feleg Tsegaye

Biography
- By Feleg Tsegaye

Age: 18
School: Ithaca College, NY
Year: Freshman
Major: Currently Computer Science, but will be changing to Television-Radio with a minor in CS

I am a freshman in college with a passion for computers. I was born in Denver, Colorado and have lived in Littleton, Colorado for my entire life before I came to school in New York. Both of my parents are from Ethiopia, and I've traveled there on a couple occasions. I particularly enjoy the visual applications of computers (e.g graphic design, video editing, motion graphics, etc.)

My World

It's no secret that computers are the wave of the future. In fact, it's safe to say that computer skills have become so much a part of our way of life that they are almost a prerequisite to financial success in America. I started working on computers when I was still in preschool and it was there that I realized all the doors computers could open for anyone with access to one.

All kids love games so it is no secret that games were what first got me started. My parents invested in educational games for our Apple IIe and I started learning about division and other forms of math as I went through each level. If I had known that the games were supposed to teach me something back then, I probably would have stopped playing them but I didn't know any better and I was having fun. As I grew, I started to explore the other aspects of computing and fell in love with how versatile a computer really was. It was then I began to realize that I didn't have to be as young as people thought I was. I was always tired of adults treating me like a kid (even though I was 11) and I sought to gain their respect by learning more about the things I enjoyed than they did. Computers were what set me apart. I began fixing them in the 3rd grade and after being applauded for �fixing� a computer problem (pushing a cable in) I felt a true sense of accomplishment.

For the next 7 years, computers began to become more than just tools to me, they began to become a part of my life. Teachers were excusing me from class to help them with computer issues, and for the first time I felt like I was doing something with my life. All humans are faced with the endless question of why. What purpose do I have on earth? After volunteering every week and putting my skills to use, I realized that I became the teacher more often than not. Computers influenced me so much, I began to listen to computer/synth generated techno and trance, and I would immerse myself as much as possible in technology. However in my town, technology really hadn't kicked off, and I found myself wanting more which was where the internet came in.

The internet changed my life no question. I was no longer confined to the programs I had installed myself; I had access to the entire world when I wanted it. My quest for more about computers led me to join online forums and ask questions that no one else I knew could answer. However, I couldn't just sit back and watch the action take place, I had to become involved. I began to put hours and hours into forums, constantly hitting F5 to see if someone had posted back. It started to take me away from the real world and I found almost everything I knew to be superficial. High School was an awakening for me because I realized that people grouped themselves based on popularity which something I never placed much value in to begin with. On the internet, you were sized up by how you interacted with everyone. No one was judged by their physical appearance or athletic ability; rather their knowledge set them apart from everyone else.

That was the world I wanted to be a part of. In some ways the internet was much more realistic than my real world. Nothing was censored, no one was nice to me simply because I was a kid (or even knew I was a kid) People told you what they really thought of you because you had very little to lose anyways. Technology helped me come to a better understanding of my own personality and even though I spent as much time in the cyber world as I did in the real world, the experiences I had in my own home surpassed anything I could have found in my own town.

This became my technology. I used computers to teach myself not only skills that would be beneficial to me in the future, but I learned more about myself and what I want to do with my life. As a kid I went to Ethiopia with my parents (they are both Ethiopian) and I found my own purpose. I found people my own age and slightly older that applied themselves in school and worked just as hard as I did if not harder, but because of a lack of opportunity they had no way to apply themselves towards a fruitful career. I decided that they deserved the same shot at life that I was given, and someday want to develop a true infrastructure there to harness the power of people that are really willing to take an opportunity of a lifetime. Before then, I took my advantages for granted, but after that I realized how computers could help.

As I entered my first year of college, I decided to open my own small little computer business as the stepping stone towards bringing opportunity to others someday. I'm inspired by people who come up with such ideas as Youtube and Facebook and bring something enjoyable to millions of people. That might just be what I like most about computers. Doing something that helps or enriches the life of someone else for even 5 seconds is worth it. Its why I enjoy volunteering my time and skills, it makes me feel like I did something positive with my life. Its also why I'm in college. I wasn't forced to go to college, I did it because I want to learn skills that I could pass on in the form of help to someone else and enhance their lives the way computers enhanced mine. As a freshman in college, I've also taken the liberty of becoming a mentor to a child who also happens to be interested in computers as I was when I was his age. I can only hope to show him the inherent beauty of limitless opportunity in this world and spark the same form of creative flame within him that was instilled in me as a child.

The world revolves around technology and its here to stay. Some people have fully embraced that, and some people watch from the sides as the major players meet head to head. Companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc control more of our lives than any of us would care to imagine. The world of banking rides on the back of the network of servers that process your transactions every day. I can only imagine the state of technology when I have kids. Will they use computers to find a purpose like I did, or will they have something completely new that will shape their beliefs as computers did mine? No one can predict the future (especially when it comes to computers) but what I can predict is that they'll continue to inspire people with good ideas and intent to pursue their dreams and benefit their own lives if not the lives of those around them.

This is my world. I set the rules, I have the dream, and I have a purpose. Try as the world might, no one can ever rob a person of purpose.

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