Parsa Motamedi - Bachelor Student From Iran
Yana Immis
Meet Parsa Motamedi. He lived in Dubai & Barcelona, studied Music at Berklee and moved to Germany after. You can read his study in Germany success story here.
Chapter 1: Dubai
| Place of Birth | Tehran, Iran |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Where did you live? | Dubai (UAE), Barcelona (Spain) |
| Education Level Prior to Relocation | International Baccalaureate (IB) |
| Reason for moving to Germany | Bachelor Program |
| When did you move? | 2017 |
| How old were you? | 20 |
| Are you still in Germany? | Yes |
| What is your current occupation? | 2nd Year Bachelor Student |
| What is your future goal? | Salesforce Administrator Licence, Start-Up Projects |
| Would you like to stay in Germany? | Yes |
I was born in Tehran, Iran. We moved to the United Arab Emirates when I was 4 or 5. My father wanted me and my sister to grow up in a safer environment. He believed we would have a better future there. When we moved to Dubai, the real estate industry was booming, the value was going up and due to the nature of my father's business, we could afford a good life there. Moreover, English was and is widely spoken - I felt very comfortable enunciating myself.
I finished my High School (International Baccalaureate (IB) at Dubai American Academy). I studied French all my life as a third language, but I haven't really learnt. Surprisingly to my family, my teachers and myself, during my 11th and 12th grades I chose Spanish as my 2nd language. A spontaneous decision would help me in the future (now I know that, but back then, I couldn't anticipate).
Computers were always a big part of my life. I taught myself basic HTML and coding. Outside of school, I made websites for people. I remember we had a web HTML class for beginners and I already knew everything – that made me very happy. Since then, I can basically do anything technical. I can learn it and I can do it. I do websites on Wordpress and other platforms, coding, user interface programming, automation.
Otherwise, I wasn't very active during my school time, as I mostly wasted my time. Like many people of my age do.
In High School, I began music production and I chose Hip Hop and Electronic as my dominating genres. I like other music as well. As an example, now I can listen for hours to Avishai Cohen.
When I was in grade 12 and we were choosing universities, I decided to pursue music for my Undergraduate studies. I applied to one and only Musical School - Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA) and to my surprise, I got in!
I could choose Israel, Greece or Spain for the Junior Year. It was without a question of which country I chose. Conveniently, I studied Spanish for 2 years. I hesitated between choosing music or computer science, but I chose Music and Barcelona and it was the time of my life.
Chapter 2: Barcelona
I would have been studying audio production/audio engineering. I could have had the jobs not in the artistic field, but rather in the technical field. I could have worked at companies that host concerts, radio stations or in the movie industry…
… but the cost of studies was very high (40.000-50.000 $ per year).
I had a conversation with my father. He was always very supportive, but he couldn't shake off his conservative nature, so he was kind of saying: "I let you do what you want to do. But if you do it, I must sell a house, so think about it twice".
I didn't finish my music career.
I looked for alternatives and I found them. I started working to help my father at one of the companies and continued doing music myself. It didn't take long that business caught my attention. Not only have I switched my major from Music to Business Studies, but I also changed my country from Spain to Germany.
It was like an awakening moment: Barcelona is great, I thought, but it's too much fun, it really is. You just want to go out and spend time outside. I mentioned to my father, that I want to study in Germany, and he said: "I like Germany, move to Munich! It is the best place for you."
Chapter 3: Munich
Initially, when I came to Germany it was horrible. On the surface, I can tell you that it was horrible because I didn't have friends. Every day was like a repetitive cycle, my room in the dorm was small, I kept finding problems and excuses.
A year and six months passed. I can't complain about my life at all any longer. Funny, but these problems don't bother me now. In fact, it only gets better and better every day.
Late last year I found a great group of Iranian friends - and that turned everything around. The majority of my friends are foreigners. I have one German friend; his name is Edward. Yes, I might not have a big budget to get a big apartment or a car yet, but my life is great: my friends, my school.
I started taking advantage of the opportunities presented in the location. I will finish my Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in one year. What will I do after I graduate? I would start a company. I am very interested in Salesforce.
I am working with a startup now setting up Salesforce for them and I'm searching for a Salesforce Administrator course to get myself certified. I will learn this platform first and then my goal is to surpass that, because this is the product to learn. But that's not what I plan to do all my life.
I haven’t forgotten about my passion - music. I am not just passively listening to music: I care for it. It is important for me to treat it according to my history and my memories. I realized that one day I could connect technical, business and musical aspects together, I just need to learn and to find the know-how. I have many ideas on my mind. There is one related to business and one related to music. These are projects that I want to set up myself.
In terms of business, I want to build my own Salesforce platform. Prospective customers would license the product for their CRM.
In terms of music, I want to build a program, which selects songs for you automatically by gathering data from your personal indicators.
The business idea is simple: there are certain tunes and rhythmic patterns that you want to hear according to your mood. If we talk about Spotify or platforms alike, you have to select the mood and you have your own bias that comes out.
Remove that and make it fully transparent! Imagine, there would be a program that knows exactly what you are willing to hear. So instead of playing the song with physical action, the stream starts itself and since it is connected to you it would know what you want to hear.
This is what makes my heart beat at the moment and I will be working hard to bring this project to life.
