The Genesis of a YouTube Career

So I would say like 2003, 456, 2011 is when I started my YouTube channel. So 2011, I started the YouTube channel and back then, YouTube, there was no advertising. There was, you didn't make money on YouTube. You just did it, you know, for free. I did it to, because I had a passion to teach and educate. I did it because there was another painter on YouTube creating videos. And I was so obsessed with being competitive. I wanted to have more views with them, more views. And I also wanted to put out more videos than them. So as a race that like, catch up with his, and I don't even remember who it was, but it's just the craziest thing. That's Michael Jordan syndrome. Yeah, it's like my competitive nature just like taking over. It's like settled out Chris, you know, and, um, and so it was probably, this is, well, sound crazy, but it was right around. I probably had 10,000 subscribers at the time. In fact, and that was a lot. I mean, it's all relative. YouTube sent me this email saying, hey, do you want to monetize your channel? And I'm like, well, what's that? I'm like, what, yeah, whatever, click the button. And I didn't even know that was an opportunity until that point. It was, it didn't even exist. They just started it. They had to email you. They emailed me. I said, yes, they monetize my channel. I got a 75 yard paycheck the first time. And the camera I was using to make videos cost 75 dollars. And I was like, well, all the crap, that is amazing. And I thought that was the most amazing thing. And I was like, I'm rich. And, um, so, and so I got paid that very first time. And, um, and that was shortly after, you know, in 2011, I couldn't have been, you know, six months or something like that. And, and I had, and I remember I had 20, I think, 22,000 subscribers. And YouTube invited me to their headquarters in San Bruno. And I, um, and, and I thought I was big at that time. So I was like, oh my god, I got 22,000 subscribers. They invited me because I'm so huge. And so, and so I flew to San Bruno and, um, and I roll in there. And there was six, they invited me with 60 other YouTubers. And, um, Frodo's photos was there. Jared Polin was there. Um, the Wrangler Shark, Cody Cron was there. Um, Steve Ramsey was there. Woodworking for Mayor Mordoros. I became good friends with Steve. Um, became good friends with Cody. Um, make up by Mandy was there. And, um, the, and like she was making like a million dollars a year at that time. And that was a long time. I made a…