Think of the greatest job in the world.

President or CEO might come to mind. But what about a career in video games?

Junior Braine Sales is succeeding in doing just that.

Sales has risen to the top of the ranks of the video game “League of Legends,” which was created in 2010 and has grown from a few thousand players to hundreds of millions of daily online players.

Among the millions of daily players, Sales ranks among the top 0.4 percent of players, or the top 200 nationwide. Sales has reached the top rank of “Challenger,”  which is the highest rank one can achieve in the video game and where all the pro-players compete.

As a result, Sales has opportunities to play at the collegiate level, where he can further expand his abilities in the game. Colleges such as Harvard and UC Irvine have elite teams that have scouted Sales as a viable player since he has so much potential at a young age.

Sales sees this as a stepping stone in his future career. His ultimate goal is to reach the pro scene which is called “LCS.”

“Video games have opened me up to a new world of opportunities and has helped me grow as an individual,” said Sales.

Sales was born and raised in the Philippines until he was in the second grade, when he moved to the Bay Area. He learned to speak English and Tagalog fluently as a child.

Sales began playing “League of Legends” in fourth grade after a few friends introduced him to the game that would eventually change his life.

“League of Legends” is a MOBA, which stands for multi-player online battle arena. It is an intense five versus  five game where the objective is to destroy the other team’s base. Games average about 20-40 minutes long and players are unable to leave the game without getting a temporary ban.

Sales didn’t initially love the game and was just an occasional player, but soon his in-game time started rising and he acquired more than a year of in-game playing time.

Sales became more  intrigued as the game’s popularity grew along with his competitiveness.

“I really loved how I could test my skills against other players from around the nation,” said Sales.

Sales has played for the Void E-sports team and Team TDK, which were both amateur teams. Void E-sports, has reached as high as #3 in North America and has maintained a high ranking.

Sales’s parents were very skeptical of the whole idea of their son playing video games at first. They questioned the financial stability and validity of the unconventional profession.

But Sales is determined to show his parents that video games is no longer a hobby and that it is an actual career.

“We will see where it takes him and we will show support wherever our son strives best,” said Sales’s mom, Gina.

His friends fully support the idea of him playing video games professionally and believe he should follow his dreams.

“This is a dream come true for a teenager in high school,” said junior Nicolas Kekai, who has been friends with Sales for years.

Sales’ longtime friends have always noticed that he had a knack for video games but never knew how far he would go.

“Growing up with Braine, I could see that video games was an outlet for him to express himself and help him grow as a person,” said junior Stanley Lu who has been friends with Braine since he came to America.

Sales wants to show parents that one is able  to make a living out of playing video games and that it is no longer just a distraction.