Washington State may be well known for its camping. Fishing and its skiing in the mountain ranges or for the wide open space of the flat land, but Seattle and some of its businesses comes to everyone’s mind first. The two biggest companies from an employment point of view is Boeing and Microsoft, mainly due to the fact that there products are used by the largest group of people in the world. Out of those two companies’ the most well-known name is Bill Gates. Bill Gates came from a modest home in Seattle and while growing up he could of did what a lot of kids were doing back in those days, which was to follow in his father’s footsteps and became a lawyer, instead he went off in a totally different direction. After only two years of college he dropped out and with a friend by the name of Paul Allen, came up with an idea that someday would change the world. Bill and Allen put their heads together and came up with an idea that would make a computer as easy to work with as a one year old can work a spoon. Sure Bill didn’t invent the computer but his programs, software and eventually his games would be seen in just about every business and house hold around the world. As time went by a lot of small or medium business became bigger because computer became small and easier to use and you could communicate with each other and that meant more computers were needed and that meant more programs. Suddenly people were working at home and when the adults weren’t on the computer the kids wanted to be, now you need games to play on your PC that’s short for personal computer. As Bill’s ideas grew so would his business and he needed to hire people to help with his business. He would need different kinds of people with the skills to make his ideas come to life, people to make the software, design layout, improve on games. Before you knew it he was the second largest company employee wise in Washington. Now you can find his computer with his programs in over half of the businesses and the same with households. What really impresses me is that he never gave up, even when people he knew and especially his competitors told him he was wasting his time; He was a fool to think computer would be easy to work, let alone they were too big and expensive for the common man. But he stayed focused and didn’t quit and now he is one of the richest if not the richest man in the world. He’s the perfect example for everyone, as long as you at least try, never give in to pressure, go with a I can do anything mind set. Who really knows how far you can go.