As a parent, it is important to know that how far your kids would go in life can be determined by how early you introduce them to relevant knowledge and skills. 

Children have the ability to learn and acquire a skill very fast because their minds are designed to learn.

You can see that in their curiosity, they ask you lots of questions, pick objects up to smell and want to discover things for themselves. 

The activities kids engage in while growing up play a major role in shaping who they become. 

Exposing your kids early to technology as a creative tool has proven to have a positive effect on a child’s interests and eventual future career choices.

It may surprise you to know that many of the technology giants founders today started at a young age. They started making an impact while they were still young. Facebook was invented by a 19-year-old. Snapchat by a 21-year-old. Reddit by a 22-year-old and Google by a 25-year-old.

Technology is constantly evolving, today a lot of things we do or use are based on codes, ranging from social media, ordering and buying of things online and many more. 

Nearly 50% of all jobs today require some tech skills. Thousands of industries depend on computer programs to run their operations. 

Code is the backbone of work in the finance sector, health sector, food industry, customer services, education and many more. 

Let’s see stories of how some of the world technology giant founders started out.

Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook started using computers and writing codes at a young age, in middle school. His first programming teacher was his father who taught him BASIC programming.

He is an example of how creative a child's mind can be. At the age of 12, He created a messaging program named Zucknet that he implemented as an inter-office communication system for his father's dental practice. Isn’t that fascinating. But it didn't stop there.

Together with his friends he built what we now have as Facebook out of his dorm room at Harvard; today it has a market cap of $932 billion.

His father set him up for success by investing his time and resources into his life. It paid off because while other kids played computer games at their leisure Mark Zuckerberg created them.

Larry Page the co-founder of Google had his early life greatly influenced by his parents. His father was a professor of computer science and artificial intelligence while his mother taught computer programming. 

He grew up in a home that was messy and filled with computers and science magazines which he finds himself reading. 

It is true when we say our environment can affect us negatively or positively. 

In the case of Larry page, his environment affected him positively. Although the environment was messy, yet it imparted knowledge in him and made him who he became.

Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation had the privilege as a child to be exposed to technology. 

At age 13, he enrolled in the private lakeside prep school where children were exposed to revolutionary computers. He wrote his first software program there. That was the beginning of his passion for computer systems. 

Unlike other kids that would spend their time playing computer games and watching cartoons, He spends a great deal of his time programming and creating games that other children played.

At age 15, together with his friend he developed Traf-O-Data, a computer program that monitors traffic patterns where they were given $20,000 for their effort.

There is a common trait among these tech giant’s founders mentioned above; their parents exposed them to STEM education early in life and they created an environment for knowledge. Today we can see the result and feel the impact.

The big question is , do you create an environment for knowledge for your kids?

Can you imagine how far your kid would go if you introduce them to a tech skill at a young age? They may probably be the next greatest web developers, data scientists, cloud engineers, programmers and so on.

Zuckerberg was right when he said we should start giving kids more opportunities in STEM. 

That’s why we at Mentortribes would love to give your kids that opportunity that would set them up for excellence and prepare them for what the future holds. We achieve this by investing in the best experts in the field and as well as our curated curriculum. 

Give your kids that life-changing experience by enrolling them for our Kids Weekend Camp now.