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Discussion on: My YouTube Journey as a Web Developer. Will I quit YouTube in 2022?

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Nwafor Livinus Anayo

This is really nice, @chaoocharles , I started YouTube with 3 primary aims.

  1. To help people
  2. To show people what I can do (personal branding).
  3. To make money😁.

But just like as you said, after one year, I gave up on making money from it anytime soon, and just decided to stay focused on the first 2. Unfortunately I was a student just like you, it wasn't easy combining the whole thing together with academics. Just like you, I graduated 2021, and it's almost 2 years, my channel hasn't even reached 500 subs.

Reading through your story, I found out that it's much similar to mine, the only difference with mine was that I attempted YouTubing twice and failed, it was this last time that I prepared a lot before starting and I made up my mind never to give up on it, as it was part of my personal goals to help people.

Also, just like you, I tried Fiverr in my 3rd as a student, but even after taking Fiverr's skill test on web development (Django) and passing it, it didn't make my job search on Fiverr any easier, finally I gave up and decided to let it go.

Your story is a motivating one for people like me.
Before 2021 ended I made up my mind to be more consistent and upload better quality contents on my YouTube channel and across my other social media handles.
My goals for 2022 is to focus on creating Project based tutorials and creating videos/contents on data structures and algorithms.

@chaoocharles , I hope to collaborate with you in the nearest future.

Checkout my YouTube channel and other Social media handles.

youtube.com/Nwafor_Livinus_Anayo

linktr.ee/nwafor

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Chaoo Charles

Hey, I'm glad that you can relate. Keep uploading as a part time thing and one day You will get to 1k subs, also try to improve the quality with each upload.

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Njoku Nneka Sandra • Edited

It's really nice seeing someone you really relate to so much.

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Chaoo Charles

Hey, I'm glad that you can relate. I hope this inspires you to keep moving despite the challenges.

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Nwafor Livinus Anayo

@chaoocharles thanks a lot. I will get in touch with you.

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Nwafor Livinus Anayo

Yeah! It's just surprising how much we have in come, it really gives me hope that, there will be a happy ending to the journey, if I keep pushing, while working to improve.