Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson
发布时间 2019-05-01 13:08:25 来源
摘要
Jarvis Johnson was previously a software engineer at Patreon, Yelp, and Google. He’s now a YouTuber.
https://www.youtube.com/user/VSympathyV
https://twitter.com/jarvis
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
https://twitter.com/craigcannon
Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.
Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/
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Topics
00:00 - Jarvis' intro
00:30 - Where his videos first got traction
1:10 - Being part of the software industry while critiquing it
3:45 - How he got into programming
6:10 - Moving to California
7:30 - Interning at Google then Yelp
9:00 - Interviewing multiple times at the same company
10:00 - Moving from Yelp to Patreon
14:10 - Switching from individual contributor to manager
18:15 - Learnings from managing that he applies to himself
21:25 - What made Jarvis want to do YouTube full time?
30:00 - Investing in yourself
31:05 - Making what you want vs talking to viewers
35:35 - When did things really start to click for his channel?
38:00 - Choosing to make multiple genres of video
43:40 - Nathan Allebach asks - Are content creators responsible in any capacity for their audiences?
50:45 - Taylor asks - In what ways do you think content creation can benefit one's career in the tech industry?
54:20 - Jarvis made a podcast when he was a teenager
56:10 - Octopus Blues asks - What lessons did improv teach you/who would you recommend it to, if anyone?
58:25 - Predictions for YouTubers and content creators
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