A passion for helping people and motivation from his father helped Silas Bales get a job in a unique way.
The senior at Highland Park High School in Dallas started a company called Si-Tech when he was 15 after his father told him that he needed “…to get a job in high school.”
Silas, now 17, decided he wanted to be independent. That was when he began to think about what he could do.
“I had always been helping my grandparents with their computers,” he said.
Silas taught himself all he needed to know to set up and repair computers, phones and game systems for his grandparents and, later, his customers — who are generations older than he is.
Silas volunteers his technology skills in his community. “I do a lot of technology stuff through film and sound engineering at my church,” he said.
“I think helping people is really important,” said Silas, whose specialty is Mac computers. He has a friend who runs a similar service. “He does a lot of PC stuff,” Silas said.
Silas and his friend teamed up to help each other and to help their customers with their technology issues. The companies are advertised via social media.
However, this is not Silas’ ultimate career path. His interest is in film production.
He believes these skills in technology will help him in the film industry and throughout his life.
“The world is becoming so much more media-oriented,” he said.
