I'm Quitting YouTube, too.

Ex-Google TechLead on quitting KZbin.
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[@TechLead]

Learn everything I know about building a successful KZbin channel: youtubebackstage.com/ Tech of the Day: KeyChron Q5 Max Mechanical Keyboard www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q5-max-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard [NOTE: The corrected KZbinr wage calculation at 3:25 is 4 videos per *month*, not week. The rest is correct, so (assuming 100k views per video), it is $500/video * 4 videos/month * 12 months/yr = $24k annual salary]

[@PassportBachelor]

90% of youtubers who "quit..." make videos after their "I quit" video 🤣

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

we have high inflation its like gravy has stopped flowing it may come back after a 2008 collapse in 2024

[@eric3434]

See you next week.

[@LC12345]

I heard from a KZbinr that this doesn’t work and you can’t have a successful KZbin channel

[@abdelkrimhaddadi5098]

@@eric3434 🤣

[@PicyPoe]

genius! He just earned a new title (As an ex-Google, ex-Facebook, ex-KZbin TechLead)

[@ktb1381]

And ex-millionaire.

[@abdelkrimhaddadi5098]

BTW he can find a real job !

[@besllu8116]

I think he worked in YT before so the new title would be ....ex-KZbin TL, ex-KZbin creator.

[@bgsmember3650]

What does millionaire even mean (practically speaking) when the overall pace of inflation causes cash to sublime/turn to vapor (figuratively speaking)? /rhetorical @@ktb1381

[@assyriaaaaa]

Hahaha 😂

[@yovalks]

Next week: “why I returned to KZbin” Can’t wait!

[@bernardobiechina506]

😅😅😅😅

[@LoveLightVibration]

different title, but you weren't wrong! 😂

[@PoliticalLifePhilosophy]

Totally. He's the most infamous baiter

[@chuckicha]

LOL so true

[@astroNexx]

next week, probably

[@Chuck8541]

People don't care about you, as much as you imagine. -TechLead Truer words, have never been spoken.

[@Toyota4Life]

Life just goes on

[@Chuck8541]

Yup.@@Toyota4Life

[@AndrewCortesi]

This is pretty true on KZbin. So often content creators will start a video by apologizing for not uploading lately but did we really notice they were gone?

[@Chuck8541]

@@AndrewCortesi haha True. That just left a window open to see a video from my 500 other subscriptions I forgot about.

[@DoritosBurger]

People only pretend to care about you if you have lots of money or social status. If you don’t make lots of money or prioritize making money you will be largely invisible to society and I personally don’t see any issue with that, as long as I have a few friends or acquaintances I can go out with and have a good time with on the weekend I’m happy.

[@DoritosBurger]

I’m the guy living in the middle of nowhere in Kansas playing video games all day. People need to learn to come to terms with the fact that not everyone can be a big shot in society, there always has to be people like me that are completely invisible to balance things out. 😊

[@shiptj01]

True that, homes. I hope that you're exercising and eating well.

[@DoritosBurger]

@@shiptj01 yeah im perfectly fine as far as all that goes. I’m just an introvert and prefer to stay home rather than go out.

[@shiptj01]

@@DoritosBurger I hear that, cuz. I'm done with trying to be popular and changing the world.

[@javier.alvarez764]

Bruh even being at home and playing video games gets old. Life has a lot more to offer than that.

[@Tadik168]

U will be fine dude😢

[@JohnSmith-bm6zg]

If you quit youtube, I’m quitting too. You are my only subscription.

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

No he’s not

[@ElNegus9985]

Good

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

Hurry up and quit

[@MarquisDeSang]

Nooooo, you were my only smart asian friend.

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

@@MarquisDeSang he was never your friend. Prove you guys were friends

[@tedishijaku8096]

I'm quiting KZbin, too (As a Billionare) 😘

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

Prove you have that much money

[@adorabledev]

an Iranian Billionaire?

[@defaultdefault812]

I've got a trillion nigerian dollars.@@adorabledev

[@redorchidee1372]

yeah, me too (as a quadrillionaire) gotta get on the train

[@HyperVegitoDBZ]

Billionaire maybe not, but a ytber with around 120 milions a year in USD, is easily a millionaire after those few years. A young man in my country of poland who does 315 mln views in 2023 earned around 1.5 mln pln which is around 250k usd.

[@tttwicetower8195]

Do what your heart tells you to do. But at least dont delete the previous videos. The Information still stays.

[@TrudleR]

MILLION TOKEN! become one of the millions club by buying it. huuge potential. social experiment guys, #nfa.

[@yingyinou]

He already deleted some of them 😢 I hope somebody has backup

[@melteddarkchocolate000]

@@yingyinoudeleting what?

[@rahuln8080]

He deleted most of them lol

[@dsds3968]

The KZbin algorithm has definitely gone odd, with videos from channels that I used to follow disappearing from search results unless I know their channel name.

[@UnknownUser-nu8ny]

It was prime around 2018-19 just after the adpocalypse. It’s gone down hill from there. People were bigging up YT to completely kill off TV by now. They dropped the ball

[@pouet4608]

Thank you for everything you have brought so far. Whatever you do after it, enjoy it!

[@pepeshopping]

Called it 2 years ago: Only the real enthusiasts will remain as the money is gone!

[@astralfields1696]

Which is good. I like the KZbinrs that are in it for the fun of it.

[@kevm3]

Which is good. Why should content creators work hard to generate youtube more money while they steal the proceeds?

[@B3Band]

Good. Tired of these whiny entitled algorithm slaves making trash.

[@jonathanrouse]

I hate to see him leave, but I love to watch him go

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

he needs to find a new home for his channel i agree

[@ggll4145]

@@gasdorficmuncher9943lol you didn’t get his comment

[@omingole7304]

Fine wordplay lol

[@eaglenebula2172]

I really appreciate TechLead's wisdom more than anything. For a while I started forgetting the value of work/personal endeavors in favor of slacking, comfort zone and easy money. Thank you TechLead as always.

[@iyasugames]

Right now there seems to be a lot of opportunities for people who want to put in the effort. If there's ever been a time to see the results from work, it's now

[@melteddarkchocolate000]

@@iyasugamesKZbin definitely shows that reward when it comes to content creation.

[@GodIsLoveEternally888]

I'm not leaving KZbin as a consumer of videos. I like putting youtube on in the background while I work and knit.

[@HE360_Games]

This is why I do youtube as a hobby. In that way, I don't have to worry about some of these pressures. And by the way, it's how I get to post genuine content free of trying to please the algorithm and free of pressure to get views.

[@indiegrab360]

Same. KZbin for me is a way to share my personality in a much more effective way than I could on Facebook Insta or Twitter.

[@latrioescomio4132]

I also felt something is wrong with KZbin!

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

There’s nothing wrong

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

youtube is like a heroin addict willing to censer and remove the gravy for a corporation

[@mediocreape]

i appricate your honesty man, your sacrasm dosn't get past me. love the humor

[@brianbishoptv]

I'm never retiring early from youtube. KZbin and computer programming is my passion.

[@idiocracyishere4531]

Check back in 20 years

[@jenny-DD]

Get in line behind Ai

[@Jiddu88]

I haven't been on YT that much like i used to, to educate myself or watch certain things for the past two years.. Good hearing from you always!!!

[@kimeg7294]

Sarcasm is a unique feature of human species.

[@reframeservices]

Nobody is quiting KZbin, we are here for life, and after that.

[@solomonchau7725]

He's always so logical, to the point, wasting the least amount of time humanly possible to explain everything and then there's me -__-;

[@chilltunes8926]

If you quit, I hope you keep the archive here. You have been very informative!

[@rubberducky5990]

Dont stop. This level is sarcasm is needed for burnt out low value engineers

[@joshallison153]

people underestimate how much meaning the right work can bring into your life

[@True38]

And people underestimate the importance of money in life.

[@kummer45]

Truth is harsh. You were precise, honest and direct. More people must see this. This is the reality. It’s a lesson for youtube content creators in the future.

[@managerofthenewportplumses301]

What a great keyboard, but if I am quitting youtube before I get started even is it still a tool I will need?

[@procode_eu]

What do you guys think about the ergonomic version? This Keychron has it also, but I am again used to classic straight keyboards.

[@Reflekt0r]

Only if you quit KZbin can you stage a comeback.

[@jamesgeorge8915]

Thanks for all your amusing vids. Enjoy the future.

[@MsElin33]

I enjoy watching you selling the keyboard at the end, finished the full commercial 😂

[@MotionPictureTrips]

Great vid. I asked another youtuber if they see the same thing happening with KZbin's competitors, such as Tiktok, Oddysey, Rumble Instagram, etc. Granted, some of them might not have the volume of KZbin's, but are creators in other platforms quitting as much as they are here? Or is it only a YT phenomenon.

[@Lazyokies]

Will miss you!! Have always enjoyed. Like it also when you had a crypto show the best! Best to you and hopefully to see your Son soon. Thanks for all the fun.

[@FurkanSavas]

He isnt leaving

[@Jenn_KittyThe3rd]

Dude, dont quit! I just found your channel last week. You're very entertaining, I love your humor and straight-forward no bs talk. :)

[@bgsmember3650]

The quitting part was sarcasm. He does this in alot of his videos. Some of it's geniune, some is sarcasm. It's up to the viewer to discern his meaning, which is what keeps his channel interesting.

[@DBCOOPER888]

He's clearly not quitting. He's commenting on all the other KZbinrs who are making quitting videos. Literally said "see you in the next one" at the end. He had that bit about burning his channel to the ground with sponsored products and everything, then at the end gives the product a plug.

[@User03212]

It has been a while since I saw your video. Best of Luck!

[@premchettri7170]

Patrick, you will never quitting youtube, Mark my Word !! I can bet every dollar I got !!

[@ogre706]

Pennies are not dollars.

[@premchettri7170]

@@ogre706 I am not broke like you brother !! I can almost put "As a millionaire" but I wont :)

[@inadad8878]

@@ogre706 funny. FYI the US mint doesn't make pennies. They make CENTS

[@290revolver290]

😂😂😂😂

[@rahuln8080]

he quit :(

[@alexdigaia]

we're gonna miss you! I hope to keep be on touch

[@trevorphilipsindustries1046]

I hope it's a click bait and you won't quit youtube, your videos have been charging me with positive energy and kinda healed me from depression, this video in particular "a day in the life of a Google software engineer" you will be missed, The TechLead 😔

[@LuisSierra42]

He already quit, he made this video simply because quitting yt is trending

[@MrBadjohn69]

I thought he was in prison. When did he get out?

[@theren8311]

r/whoosh

[@kevinwoodrobotics]

Just keep hustling

[@dereknicolls5909]

This is - hand's down - the best informative show on illicit shyt such as weed, paranoia, etc., Heck I know ... how am I going to get my corpus of 'dark' info now????

[@alexlavertyau]

Where can we get more techlead now?

[@alimodz6253]

How would I become a millionaire if you quit? we need you're helpful insights

[@SoCalUrbex74]

Last year, KZbin decided to go up against TikTok by promoting KZbin#Shorts, that was basically the end of content creators who upload long video's.

[@PS-qn4oz]

Shorts are so annoying, though. :(

[@lbks16]

Why? I can show teaser of my music in shorts, which is good.​@@PS-qn4oz

[@Healthy_Toki]

@@PS-qn4oz they're horrible, very annoying.

[@TrudleR]

anything to back that up? can't agree on this one.

[@lbks16]

@@TrudleR it's not true, if it was then they would demonetize long form.

[@Feri9]

@3:22 $500 per video x 4 videos a week = $2000 / week (in a 52 weeks per year calendar) this is equal = $104,000/year

[@connorcodes1368]

Can you make 4 quality videos per week for the whole 52 weeks, that's the question

[@Feri9]

It comes with practice and passion but that depends on if you also working full-time or KZbin is your only job and source of income so you have enough time to make these many videos, but definitely it's not easy like no other work.

[@yungkonnekt]

did he do the math wrong as a joke? im pretty surprised if he didnt considering his credentials

[@JohnnyMcKinney]

@@yungkonnekt ​it's an engagement strategy. Put something incorrect in your video to get people to comment on it, thus helping to rank higher in the algorithm.

[@SF-fb6lv]

Good catch!

[@rossaprus4157]

any news on the MM token anytime soon?!

[@Nixem78]

so, do you return back to coding? if FIRE and youtube is not that good, it would be logical

[@kamatihasheela2995]

I better start watching my favourite KZbinrs videos so that they don't lose motivation and quite.

[@miraclelove991]

Please don’t leave😘

[@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen]

Good riddance

[@jenny-DD]

It's time for people to work to get paid now. The field has now been leveled by Ai

[@pepefubias7654]

The key boards look like the great and old IBM keyboards and why are tthey so wxpensive now?

[@McLeodAl]

Are you going to focus on MM token?

[@PrivacyDefend]

No.

[@pdsnpsnldlqnop3330]

I am quitting too, as soon as my YT premium trial expires in about two days time.

[@TerryPress]

as a adblocker user, I am partially to blame for this.😅

[@sanchip]

Before you quit.. can you ship 2-3 tech lead wallets? I mean the one with urban camouflage. Asking for a friend..

[@hihellokitty85]

Let's see how long this last...

[@toddsellars4694]

Don't quit Tech Lead. Hang in there bro.

[@AlloffroadAu]

Could not agree more my views have dropped by 1/2 after last year algo change that's after 10 years of running the channel

[@nostro1940]

WHY I QUIT KZbin (as a millionaire) TechLead 157K views 1 year ago

[@TO-mx1bs]

I've been watching TechLead videos for a while now, and I really hope this isn't the final end. Overall, I believe there will be a significant restructuring of the internet medium in the future. Many things that were authentic in the beginning have evolved into mass media today, and KZbin is no exception.

[@tzc9309]

yeah censorship of comments/videos and algorithm tuning for profit/company agendas is very real.

[@tzc9309]

but this is where a lot of these larger companies wil fail longer term imo. They essentially forget about the desires of the people who make the platform what it is, and the users. Over a long enough period of time, if there are better alternatives which catch on, plus the perception/trust/financial incentives have been destroyed, they will die a slow death as a company. A lot of large tech think they are infallible/invincible at this point which is very far from the truth

[@user-di4bt7qu2i]

If history is any guide, I believe it will be a race to the bottom. YT will squeeze its creators for a bigger slice of the revenues and the talented creators will just give up and go to a new platform, leaving only the untalented creators on the channel who are willing to work hard for low pay.

[@TO-mx1bs]

I absolutely agree with that! What started with joy in 2010 is slowly but surely developing in a completely wrong direction!@@tzc9309

[@TO-mx1bs]

Unfortunately, the decline of KZbin can no longer be stopped; something good turns into something bad over time!@@user-di4bt7qu2i

[@symmetry08]

Many peopl are switching to other site that, also, has the same original spirit of KZbin at its initial conception 10 years ago - no hidden direction and algorithms.

[@weeb3277]

but what if it was just a local maxima?

[@spacepirate289]

Damn this talked about some of my issues very well. I will definitely come back to this over and over till i make peace with my innerself

[@blindpilot3849]

Love this man's humor and sarcasm😂

[@dr.lazysloth3415]

He's probably coming back next week because he has a desire to learn, improve and share.

[@pepefubias7654]

50 years later going back to the IBM keyboard that were so great

[@tahahichri]

Good to see you, Patrick!

[@FalconBlack]

You mean Kim

[@bertoman1990]

I believe his main point here is if there is a feel for retirement (as a KZbinr), you have to make sure that you don't bore yourself to death despite all the money you got. It's all about planning for the end that will still carry and maintain the status you had built and solidified. Tough luck to say the least.

[@charleswhite758]

Better to divest yourself of "status". Who needs it? Why does one need it? Freedom can be a scary place.

[@radicaIarchitect]

He quits KZbin each year 😂

[@typosbro_]

Finally, my main demotivator is quitting 😅 Now I can learn peacefully learn to code

[@flatearthgreece]

Hi there!!! we as human go on passing some phases of creativity, of lonenlyness, of sadness, of joy, of seeking the adventure, of meeting a love partner, of enthousiasm or hate of that ex - love partner. Each time the struggle is there and we have a different motive to DO and PRODUCE or DO NOTHING and just act lazy. We have to live it all in order to understand life. From the busyness/crazyness of a center of a large city to a quietness of living in a semi forgotten village somewhere in the country hundrends and hundrend miles away from the crowds... That's life. We can always find the beauty in it as we ... roll around. Heraclitus, the great philosopher (another Greek) was saying once "Everything is in flux"

[@Jwasin3_1]

They programmed KZbin streams for streamers where if I watch this 3 times a day KZbin will only count this video for 1 stream for a day not 3 . Before spring 2022 it would count as 3 streams watching this video 3 times a day .

[@socaljusticewarrior558]

Please no! Please no! I need you!

[@nightwalk5308]

It is the 5th time or so that TechLead has left youtube! He'll be back as well.

[@danno5645]

I always enjoy your videos!

[@theblockof6137]

I enjoy your videos, I'd miss you a bit if you stop but you do what you must do. One thing I think is it matters if people watch all the way through the video or not. The more of the video people watch the more you'll be recommended. The length of the vid is not so important to the algorithm, a 4 minute vid and a 10 minute vid matters little, what matters is the viewers watch it all. Just do shorter 3-4-5 minute vids. It's probably less work and viewers might watch all the vid and not fast forward missing most of it. Then you have more time to do other your stuff. 500 is not a lot for all the work that goes into making vids.

[@PilotChris06FW]

KZbin has not been a fair or level playing field ever since google aquired it...its almost impossible for a new channel to succeed on KZbin.

[@zerohecks4864]

Will you be going back to the shed?

[@FryingPan]

Podcast soon Mr. TL 🙏

[@weeb3277]

you'll be back...

[@Colynn9]

Since you're not motivated by money, keep doing those bits that you love to do most. You know how to keep it simple, so please continue to upload your salient observations and wry wit when you have something to share. We may seem invisible, but we're out here welcoming your perspective. Really!

[@mo.G_2020]

If he doesn't care about money and status then does he talk about them?

[@kwimms]

He's motivated by boredom, he is lost, disconnected from God, and living in sin. Who cares?

[@aimcgarry]

Wait, at the end you said "see you in the next one"? I thought you were quitting :)

[@revelEVERafter]

Did you mean 4 videos a month at $500/video? That is $2k/month. If it’s 4 videos a week then that is $104k a year which is decent.

[@mrsnulch]

There's no way TechLead is leaving youtube anytime soon.

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

economy is at a standstill gravy has left i really think techled should take a long break

[@Snail641]

He unironically has no life. It must suck

[@wanneroo7106]

KZbin is such a mess with the algorithm right now and I find it totally unpredictable so I decided on my channel just to do whatever the hell I wanted and whatever I found interesting and the chips will fall where they may. I grew 300% last year.

[@awex7]

i like how many times he has done this

[@peterdietrich9491]

I enjoy your Videos.I hope you do more

[@matthiassweertvaegher]

KZbin *has* changed, only the last few months, I started rage quitting KZbin because it keeps on serving me ads every few minutes. It basically makes it impossible to watch a video on tv on the background.. I guess it's a channel/video setting, but it's a lot more prominent than it used to be

[@rickstevenson9585]

Part of the problem is that EVERYONE wants to be a KZbinr now for a living. Any field that gets too saturated is going to see wages or profits drop. Being a KZbinr or TikTok star is basically like 20 years ago when everyone wanted to be a movie star or play in the NFL….everyone wants to do it.

[@tzc9309]

It certainly becomes a more competitive space, but bottom line revenues affected by higher fees/lower payouts for example, or algorithm tuning for specific content as mentioned, is purely at youtubes discretion - unrelated to how many people want to be a youtube star. Just a negative structural change for most if not all creators.

[@kootenpv]

I'm sure without watching that he'll make a video next week "I have returned"

[@Vexoo28]

You are just too logical and an overthinker. If you were passionate you would just keep going (doesn't matter if that is a YT or smth else) Saying that because I am very alike. GL for you

[@pizzabossxd]

now an ex-KZbinr as well 🤣 jokes aside, you pointed out important topics over the years.

[@WelcomeToTheMadness]

The irony here is that, if you have to purchase things to create the content the return is lower than what the people whom just vlog are complaining about…

[@Endelite]

3:22 $500/video, 4 videos/week = $2000/week, not /month. Either that and your final figure are incorrect or you meant to type 4 videos/month, right?

[@EVandPassions]

After half Year of posting videos I have 20 subscribers on my KZbin channel. I am not quiting. After 5 years I expect to have 200 subscribers. Please don't quit too. Thanks.

[@tenborck]

How did I quit KZbin (As a Millionaire)

[@MusabSalahi]

"Ex-Google, Ex-Facebook Engineer"

[@TheWonderingEnglishman]

More chances for viewers to find new channels

[@jonas8732]

i did not knew your channel before but now i do and i will support whatever youre up to.

[@melteddarkchocolate000]

So is the question for our future is that we should all aim to be content creators? It seem like a possible turn event for our future since everyone seem to retire earlier by being content creators

[@trishayable]

TechLead is a rare personality on KZbin, which is why I always come back to watch his content.

[@NoOne-us9xv]

Sounds good. See you next video.

[@chancepaladin]

can you have an update to this vid where you have a nobody walk around with a bank statement to see what happens?

[@pablowasserman]

you're probably the only one here talking about this very specific thing. i wonder how many of us are out there. keep it up

[@janvollgod7221]

As long as good content on YT don't even get a fracture of attention like the typical channels for the adhs asberger crowd, YT will no fkn care if you go or you stay. I love your content, it's informative and it calms distress me. So, the content give me a real gain of life quality. Then look around on YT, see channels with 10+ Millions, some idiots doing prank, make up, dressing, just being stupid. This content has no worth, it's worthless. But it has a big audience, good cash in. How must this feel, if you are a quality content producer, seeing this degenerates making 10 time more money and get much more attention range. Now, it is like it is. Depression.