Thomas Frank @TomFrankly 2024-03-15
Glad to see Jimmy directly acknowledging survivor bias here.
Create content as a side project, and only drop things to go full-time once it makes financial sense to do so. Key word “financial” – getting a ton of views isn’t enough.
The way I did it personally:
Early on, I just used any and all free time I had to make content. I balanced it with a full college class load and part-time job, doing a lot of it on nights and weekends.
Ask my friends; they’d be in the dorm playing Call of Duty, I’d be behind them on my computer writing blog posts.
When my blog started to get traction, I slowly started to reduce my workflow – first by dropping some extracurriculars I felt were no longer a good time investment.
Once it hit full-time income, I still decided to finish my degree and graduate.
2024-03-15
It’s painful to see people quit their job/drop out of school to make content full time before they’re ready. For every person like me that makes it, thousands don’t. Keep that in mind and be smart plz
Dillan Taylor @dillanroytaylor 2024-03-15
Do you recommend a certain runway before making the leap?
What’s the checklist that needs to be met in your eyes?
Thomas Frank @TomFrankly 2024-03-15
In my case, my expenses were about $1,000/mo at the time since I was living with 3 other roommates in Iowa.
I left my part-time job midway through my senior year, only after I was making $3k+ per month from my blog.
I don’t know that I have a general recommendation since everyone has different circumstances. I suppose I’d feel comfortable telling my former 21-year-old self that 6 months of runway would be acceptable if my project had started making money and income was growing, but not full-time yet.