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Bill Gates,
Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg; all successful businessmen and founders of
worldwide recognized companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook. It doesn’t
take a scientist to figure out they, at some point, swam in pools of cash.
Though
successful, these men have something very much in common. All are College
dropouts.
The communal
curve has shifted; success no longer follows attaining a College degree and
more students than not are realizing this. Careers are starting before the
education is finished and some might say the job market is to blame.
In a world like
today when time is money, businesses are more likely to hire those with
experience but for experience one must first work.
To freshly
graduated student this serves a problem and so students are building up their
experience through hands on entrepreneurship before the diploma meets their
hands.
“I am currently
making an online video game, Serenity Online, and I'm starting a gaming
company,” Katya Sarmiento, Miami Dade College student and Developer of Serenity
Online, says.
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Sarmiento, only
nineteen years old, has taken a stance and started to build up her career from
the ground up. Serenity Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Game (MMORPG) that does not require any download.
“The main aspect
of the game is for users to find their ‘inner peace,’ both in and out of the
game,” Sarmiento says.
“I've always
dreamed of making my own video game ever since I got into Game Programming,”
Sarmiento continues “, so I decided to start it up now rather than later.”
The project, at
first glance, may seem as an impulsive early life ambitious idea, but it’s been
in the works for years.
“I recently
started learning multiple coding languages,” Sarmiento explains. But the
creator says she’s “planned out this game for about five years now.”
Being a fellow
innovator, the founder of Serenity Online agrees that a degree is not much
without plug-ins.
“I don't think
it's just the degree, it's what you do with it that matters,” she says “, get
hands-on experience throughout your college studies. Internships, volunteer
work, and projects are a great way to show that you not only understand the
material, you're learning, and implementing it into your daily life too.”
“I’ve heard
often from teachers and workers that a lot of top ‘fortune 500’ companies are
looking for someone like that. I've been denied very often for lack of
experience, but I've managed to find a job that hired me because of my work on
Serenity Online,” Sarmiento adds.
Serenity Online,
slowly, is taking course and creator Katya Sarmiento can already envision its
first steps, thanks to up to $2,000 of donations and two trusted investors who
are helping to grow her game business.
Some may believe
the next step after graduation may be to find employment, but now creating your
own is just as popular. Serenity Online is taking flight, and with
entrepreneurship on trend, new and unique businesses are sure to be on the
rise.
For more
information visit Serenity Online, follow the project on Facebook or Katya Sarmiento in Blogger.
