Quit YouTube or Quit Teaching?
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Don't quit teaching, those lucky students need a great teacher like you.
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!
Very good point, I’d hate to lose a teacher like you. But whatever works for you and your family is most important.
To the top with this comment! ❤
I agree. I would have loved you as a teacher. That translates into why everyone enjoys your videos.
He goes from teaching math to teaching thousands upon thousands of kids and adults about PC hardware, too, though.
So, either way, he still gets to be a teacher no matter which way he chooses to go.
I think constantly obsessing over CZcams stats is something a lot of creators go through. But over time, you see the cycles and patterns as interest comes and goes in what you're covering. Yes, you could make that obsession your continual mindset, but you could also actively choose not to, and doing that gets easier with time and experience. Eventually if you can find a way to switch off from stats, it can be more mentally sustainable, and the enjoyment can come from being proud of the work you do on the channel, regardless of what the stats say. And if you're happy and proud of the work, it's more likely to be a good video, which usually benefits the channel in some way long term.
Ultimately though you should do what's best for you. Turning a hobby into a full time job isn't for everyone, and if you have a fulfilling job outside of CZcams, that's also a great approach
Thanks! Really awesome to get insight from someone who has been doing this a lot longer than me!
@@danielowentech No worries. Also, I wouldn't be too concerned about what the stats have been saying the last few months. Most PC hardware channels are down, interest is quite low right now. That does hurt motivation a bit - we're certainly feeling it - but we're just taking the approach of continuing to make the best content we can, so that those that are interested still get quality content. Down periods can also be a good opportunity to refresh and reset for when things are super busy, like when multiple releases happen at once. The flow of CZcams can be a curse at times but if you don't stress too much about it, you'll be primed to go when things turn as new products launch.
Wow, HUB here with words of wisdom! Thanks, Steve and/or Tim! 🙂
@@Hardwareunboxed I feel bad for all of you come fall Steve. Not only are you going to have to deal with 2 new CPU lines, but 3 GPU releases as well. This is lining up to be the the most densely packed review cycle in history, and only RDNA4 is looking like a refresh/refinement. You almost _HAVE_ to reuse benchmark numbers between product's videos but that's sketchy when early drivers have the most fixes so there's going to be a lot of cross checking to make sure numbers stay up to date by the week.
It's fun. It's rewarding when you get to play with the newest stuff. But I don't envy the cave you're going to have to lock yourself in for several months to earn it. Maybe you need to teach the kids to queue up benchmark runs. 😅Good luck!
Two channels I follow everyday! Alot of words of wisdom here. Learned so much from both of these channels!
Great decision. Thanks for great videos and I'm sure your students will look back on the years in your class and be very grateful- even if they don't feel that way now. 🧡
there is barely any future on youtube in the stat it is, if you say there is, you are part of an undisclosed mcn or network that protect you from everything, that you are not disclosing . this is fake.
Do not quit teaching and just enjoy making tech videos for fun
Being successful content creator is challenging nowadays .
This! You're out of your mind if you go full time on youtube unless you're making silly money so can earn your retirement in 2-3 years (i.e. at least 500k subs in a valuable niche). The risk is super high. I've seen enough people who've hit your size, done it, then had their channel die within a year or two.
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Wouldn't he be able to return to his teaching job later though if it didn't pan out lol?
@@Kuroganemk2potentially losing things like tenure and interrupting any pension/retirement stuff
@@joshholmes1372 tenure? Maybe. But there is a teacher shortage and I'm sure he could get a job again.
Hot Take: CZcams isn't a Marriage... it's a Situationship
Far from a hot take.
Having a successful CZcams channel can also open up other alternative options in case the channel dies or one chooses to quit
As someone who is born in 1997, what the hell is a "Situationship"?
@@longrua1231 new degen term for "we wanna fck without actually committing to each other" or something like that
@@longrua1231I presume its some temporary affair they mean.
Hi Mr. Owen! I’m one of your former students and just got into medical school. You don’t know this as I was quiet but you really inspired me with your positive attitude. Thank you for being you.
Hey man, I get that 10 of 10 thing. It seriously messes me up too. You make a video you’re very passionate about, high-quality content, but CZcams is like “9 of 10” because it pulled ONLY 30k-40k views. And 30-40k views is pretty amazing honestly. It can just come to how you market the video then that becomes a moral dilemma. The constant anxiety of checking stuff, pleasing sponsors, all that, it isn’t even close to healthy. I honestly think breathing in concrete dust and breaking my back tiling on my remodeling job was healthier. Which sounds crazy, but CZcams can be really isolating. No one that isn’t in it really understands it, yet everyone just wants to see the views keep going up. And with CZcams full time, you are always able to keep working and it will translate to better videos makes it really hard to let loose and chill a little.
Your decision is very respectful to maintain both. I honestly think that’s one big component of what makes your channel so great. You seem unconcerned about video performance which just makes you feel like you’re hearing this from a normal guys perspective. I’ve honestly gotten pretty jealous of how you just title videos the stupidest things sometimes which is hilarious, but I’m like “how the hell does he just call a video that??? And it WORKS!”
It’s not like you can’t choose later, but for now though, glad you are prioritizing you and your family’s well-being. Trust me, CZcams full-time is rough for the mental.
Wish you the best of luck with it, I know imma still be watchin anyway 🫡
Daniel we all go through this - "the plateau" or "downturn". The best advice I can give, and the practice I got good at that's helped me the most, is this: Try comparing current "10/10 videos" to your "10/10 videos" from years ago. Say to yourself: "ok, this one is doing bad for NOW, but how is it doing compared to that one poorly performing video I had a couples "cycles" ago? Almost always, as long as you are always improving and putting in the work, you'll notice that you are doing wildly better (or at least not worse) than back then.
Every channel eventually latches onto a cyclical pattern of growth, plateau, drop, and then bouncing back up for more growth. It's inevitable. The first time you go through it is always the hardest, and then you just get more numb to it every time you go through it. And then of course always remind yourself of two things - (1) I enjoy this job I can't believe I have, and (2) I am already doing better than I ever expected. At least that's true for me, and I suspect it's true for most CZcamsrs that stick around for more than a few months - we've all stumbled into a dream job or hobby that we've already succeeded at more than we expected. Now, if those last two things aren't true for you, THEN that's when I think you take a break or reevaluate things - but only THEN. Not during a cyclical downturn.
Hope I helped. Best Wishes. :)
Do not quit teaching, that's a real job, healthy job. CZcams is sick and is notorious to bankrupt or ban content creators when they less expected for some who knows what dumb reasons.
Creating content is a job, that’s like calling acting not a job
"Real job" lmao. How old are you? You think metal music causes children to turn into demonic murderers too? There's legitimate reasons to pick teaching over content creation, but discriminating is not one that anyone with half a brain cell would take seriously.
@@DavinmkWell it's not quite the same. Actors can have unions and if CZcams bans you you're done, if a studio falls out with you you just go to a different one. There isn't an alternative to CZcams and the regulations and rules aren't concrete or applied evenly
@@Bstrdmn ofc they aren’t 1 to 1.
An entrepreneur also has no unions for example and a sportsman can get banned from their sport. None of this disproves either of them not being a job. Also content creation isn’t just CZcams.
CZcams will dissappear in no time. (Edit: CZcams hasn't been a stable income source by it's own in a long time and soon it will be just not worth it)
Grow your own brand, not youtube's brand.
I think you should slow down on the youtube, theres not enough positive minds in the schooling system, either way, you have my support Mr Owen. great content, great guy
Exactly my thoughts!
@@Filip10101 2 vids a week should suffice, the kids are waaaay more importatnt tbh
when you can make more money on youtube than teaching the next generation, its clear to see why there arent enough positive minds in the schooling systems
@2011whysdom use your own advice and stop using youtube first
I say 1 vid a week and make it a weekly tech recap (no not the wan show lol)
This video is literally why you "shouldn't" quit teaching.
In the vast majority of the YT videos I've seen from you, you don't just "spread" information; you actually "teach" something. You want people to listen to it, to and understand it. Where it came from, how you got it, why it is important. Not just a "here's info I've pulled out of somewhere, I'm right, everyone else is wrong, sub to me!".
We need more of you in the tech YT space.
I'd say keep the uploads at a frequency that is feasible and still fun for you. Your videos provide a great deal of value to all of us and we'll take them as they come! Unsure how long you have taught, and at which grade levels, but my spouse is in elementary education and it takes SO much outta her. I think you are still in a great spot to keep the channel fun for you as you continue to gain subs. Best of luck to you, Daniel!
Don't quit teaching. It has a lot more potential in the long run.
Depends if your experience and qualifications can result in you easily returning to teaching. If so, I say go for it. Follow the dream.
nah youtuve is way above,he could make 10time more than teacher,the limit are way above
@@ogaimon3380 you think every youtuber is making bank or something, there's a massive descrepency between the top guys and the smaller guys.
@@ogaimon3380Relying only on CZcams as a source of income when you have a wife and kids to feed is not a smart move. Being a teacher and doing CZcams on the side is the best way.
@@ogaimon3380 i have news for u bro. less than 100 youtubers make bank while theres millions of millions of creators are making just enough above minimum wage
My favorite part about your channel is the lower production quality and straight forward attitude. You have a gift for teaching and that clearly shows in both your career and your channel! I think you're making the right choice.
Nice subtle diss 😂
bro said lower production quality when he is working insanely hard on this stuff
@@noWoodsman He means there isn't a huge studio with 20 employees, professional lighting, soundstage, etc. And its true. This is very basic content and I would probably stop watching if he "went big" like that.
I think Reed meant non flashy production, low budget production, but still finds these as High Quality
Absolutely didn’t mean it as an insult haha I more or less just meant I appreciate how forward he is and doesn’t waste time. Kids run around upstairs and he says he’s keeping it in one take. He jokes when moving himself around via green screen. I don’t need B-roll shots of GPUs or fancy lighting with Daniel. He’s great at what he does as is!
I'm a subscriber, but a casual visitor of your channel. What keeps me coming back is your honesty and a great work ethic. I found this video on behind the scenes of work as YT influencer really interesting. Thank you, Daniel.
Great explanation, so many kids get starry eyed over the possibility of making money on CZcams but not everyone talks about the reality of what’s involved. Glad you made this video to give people pause for thought.
As a fellow teacher whose hobbies also involve gaming and PC building, I super appreciate this and all of your videos. I’ve also been looking for some kind of social/creative outlet outside of teaching that’s related to gaming in some way, so it’s helpful to hear an honest take on your experience with this. Your videos also helped me narrow down my relatively recent GPU purchase, and I’ve appreciated how down-to-earth your content is. Hope you find a good balance and keep doing what makes you happy.
Daniel, you do a good job. it's the way you present and explain things i.e. your teaching skills. There is a lack of that in the tech space. View on products are related to how attractive those products are at that time.
What gpu you get
You teachers are very valuable. You are so much better for the tribe because your natural urge to impart knowledge and share your truth make the whole tribe stronger while people who withhold to generate mystique are most valuable to themselves.
So in a perfect world you and your kind should never be under pressure for your living that could cause you to stop teaching or compromise your work.
So CZcams is fine and dandy so long as it is as pressure free as a hobby.
I don’t know how to lead a country but your leader needs to carefully consider if paying your kind much more is worth 1 less Phantom jet and 1 less submarine.
In my country too essential services are relatively poorly paid. Wrong wrong wrong!
Thank you for your good work.
CZcamsr and Teacher here. Don't quit. You have more power as none can become the master of you.
Yep... when they think you need them they take advantage and play the gaslighting games on you.
That's literally what he said in the video so good job commenting without watching,.
please for the love of god, don't quit teaching.
There are students who love having you as a teacher.
Don't quit teaching. Too many benefits, like actual benefits and presumably summers off. You have a niche channel and i would rather see you post less as a hobby than pump out content to feed your family. If the channel continues to grow then revisit.
Do what you are more passionate for! I've been a member since you've had a few thousand subscribers. Do you wanna follow tech and share your passion to others, or do you want to be teaching the next generation? Your content has been incredibly consistent, and the fact that your quality hasn't changed much since you started just tells about how great your quality was to begin with! You can also do something like go down to substitute teaching or do things like community tech workshops where you can teach people about tech. You can keep teaching in spiritual form too, you don't have to just drop it.
Either way you choose, I'd imagine most of us will definitely be behind you. We're not here for the channel, we're here for you!
3 days ago damn
@@GewelReal He a real one
@@GewelReal how is this possible? membership?
@@Novskyy621 ye
The next generation is doomed.
Daniel well support you either way. GamersNexus and Hardware Unboxed have both talked about the slow tech stuff right now. I think the thing most of us like about your videos is that you're very real and feel that we relate more to you than Steve from GamersNexus or Steve from Hardware Unboxed because they have such a professional way of doing things that it makes them a little more distance if that makes any sense.
I think Daniels posts are very professional and informative. I like how he isn't going for a specific slick format but is trying always to present the most relevant and important information
Ignore CZcams stats and the algorithm. You're a teacher. That's your career. Being a youtuber isn't a career. It's a hobby until you have 1m subs. Clickbait titles and thumbnails are a necessary evil on YT but keep the content sincere. Your viewers appreciate you for your honesty, not because we were tricked into watching you. We like that we can hear your kids playing upstairs because it's real.
If you quit teaching to start adding fancy editing and graphics it would be nice but wouldn't really add anything to your substance and just add a shitload of work on you. Not to mention you have to deal with product release cycles and trying to make up content for the lulls in between. (Which we're in right now) When tech is dead, focus on your family. When you think of something interesting you want to test out that the rest of us don't have the hardware to test, test it and make a video. When new products release, then focus on those. The rough part is when you have the most time in the summer there's usually nothing happening in tech. Maybe look into mods more like you've done recently when it's a slow news cycle.
Keep doing what you're doing and try not to turn it into a second job. I'll keep watching.
Thanks so much for what you do! You help so many people in this community and I hope you find joy in this endeavor and keep that for as long as you do this.
Teachers are the salt of the earth, please continue to teach, you guys are heroes IMHO
dont quit teaching, you are far more valuable in a class room than on youtube talking about shit we all already know to be blunt, its entertaining and we watch it and you earn from it but i believe you have much more to offer teaching. Good luck whatever you decide.
this
Weird take , we all are not going to buy all the hardware and do benchmarks .
@@ericimi are you nuts? there are perhaps 100 other channels that provide the exact same information on every graphics card this channel has ever reviewed... many of those other channels do this for a living and they are not teachers.
Why encourage a teacher who brings massive value to his students, who seemingly absolutely loves his job - to quit that job to persue this as if we actually need these reviews as a matter of urgency, we dont, he knows we dont and so i feel like he is far more valued in teaching because he is obviously great at it and we need great teachers, we have plenty of full time graphics cards reviewers on youtube.
I partially agree w/ you. A lot of us don't already know what he covers in each video. A better way to look at it is that his audience can get the info in many other places. His niche imo is that he's very direct, not overly technical, not over analytical and not outrageous like LTT tech that makes $30k PC builds. I def agree he has more value to society as a teacher. I think he should combine them both and teach tech-in person at workshops or in 1 on 1 low-cost session to young ppl looking into tech. To inspire the youth is one of the greatest things you can do! 👍
@@zerocal76 when i said ''all already know'' perhaps what i should have said is information we all can already easily attain, for example... want to see a 4060 review, there are plenty of them out there.
Good teachers on the other hand... that may not be so easy to come by these days, many are poisoned by politics, or in it for the paycheck so when a teacher is so open about being passionate for the job, enough to not quit and take a youtube job at the first opportunity - i think thats valuable in todays world and he will bring so much more value to youngsters lives teaching them with passion for doing so rather than spouting information on the internet we all can already easily obtain. Although that does not mean i dont value his channel or work on youtube, far from it.
Crazy to think its been over two years already since I started watching your vids! Congrats on the growth and truly your someone who deserves it.
i feel you man !!! especially the part with the effort/apreciation. i also put so much work in some videos just to not get watched even tho i think those are interresting topics 😮💨
As much as I enjoy and find value in your videos, I'm glad that you're (currently) still choosing to both post YT videos and continue teaching.
For one thing, it's clear from your demeanor in your videos that you are enjoying the current setup, as chaotic as it sometimes seems, and it's that very relaxed relationship with the 'business' of CZcams that inspired me to become a member of your channel (rather than just a subscriber). My initial impression seems confirmed from your statements in this video, even though you did not quite say it explicitly -- turning yourself into a full-time CZcamsr would (probably, I don't know you, after all🙂) be crushing to your essential spirit. It's not that you couldn't, it just.... doesn't sound like you? at least not rn.
Second, and most importantly, I would personally feel terrible as a member, for being in any part responsible for removing a good teacher from availability.There are so few, and so many students who need you (all). It's not about the math, though I'm sure that you're great at that too; it's about being one of the people being interested in creating a healthy growth environment for young people who are going to grow no matter what the environment is like. Honestly, that seems more important, and time-critical, than providing me with comparative benchmarks, much as I set store by them.
Most important is that you're having fun. Because that's what shines through and enhances the value of the knowledge you're sharing. I'm sure that counts for your classroom as well, though I'll never see it.
You do you, Daniel. That's what I'm here for🙂. Oh, and thanks for an illuminating glimpse into what it's like managing a growing YT channel👍🏾.
I love this discussion and I really appreciate you breaking down some real numbers for us. I think you make a great point about the amount of time spent versus how much you are actually getting per video. If I understand you correctly, it does seem like you don't really care for clickbait titles and I actually appreciate that! There are too many channels that fall into that problem of constantly doing clickbait stuff and not really telling me ANYTHING about what they are trying to tell me! And it is cool to see your channel growing strongly in the last few months and I know that I really enjoy the content. Found your channel in late 2022 and still watching!
I really appreciate you making this video! It's so good to have the perspective of someone weighing these things out, and you present your thinking so clearly. Much appreciated. :)
Appreciate the honesty and insight Daniel, keep doing your thing!
As a fellow teacher who also actually *likes* teaching and who also has external creative outlets/streams of income, this was all so incredibly well thought-out and expressed as everything you do always is.
And as a devout viewer and enjoyer of your channel, I'd only want to remind you that many of us like watching you because we like *you*, not your thumbnails or flashy titles. You remain one of the most/only sincere, genuine, down-to-earth faces in this industry and the fact that you *don't* sell out for more easy views or lucrative-yet-predatory sponsorship deals is very likely why most of us keep coming back and would happily watch you talk about "behind the scenes" stuff like this. You don't shout at us, you don't try to manipulate our feelings, you don't read from an AI-generated script - you just sit down and talk about what's on your mind like you're chatting with your friends, and that builds a relationship with your audience like nothing else will.
Fully support your well-informed decision to keep this as a passion project on the side and not give it power over your life, livelihood, or mental well-being. Put yourself and your family first, always, and keep CZcams around only as long as it serves your happiness. Appealing to the general population on the internet can be a fickle mistress...
Congratulations on the incredible success over the years, and thank you for always keeping it real!
I work in a computer store, and when advising customers on what to buy I always use your videos as performance references to help them get a better idea. The reality of youtube is that short form content is always gonna be more popular, and the super in-depth videos aren’t really for everyone. I speak for myself and many others when I say that when it comes to those kind of videos, you are definitely on top. I support whatever you decide to do, but I would really miss your comparisons. :)
He makes good videos when comparing just 2 graphics cards. Hardware Unboxed is better for general benchmarking tests and seeing multiple products at once.
I have 2 rigs and im not on the market for any pc parts rn, but i still watch your channel. Really like the content and deep dives. Thanks for sharing this with us, and we support you no matter the decision!
“Don’t burden your creativity with the responsibility of paying for your life.
Keep your creativity free and safe.”
- Elizabeth Gilbert
As a fellow father of young ones, I completely agree that financial stability while maintaining the mental bandwidth to be a present parent is paramount at this stage of life.
I certainly wouldn’t want to be in a position where I had to depend solely on view counts and the fickle whims of the algorithm in order to feed my family.
Your channel has already grown this much without you going all-in and there will always be new GPU’s and tech to report on and test in the future, but the time that you have with your young kids as well as the minds that you inspire at school is finite..
You're incredibly transparant, more than the vast majority of CZcamsrs. That is partly why I watch your videos. You also for a long time viewed CZcams as a fun hobby and somewhere to share your insights, interests and passion for PC's. The moment you view CZcams as your job, it becomes a unhealthy workplace that forces you to think too much about metrics like views, subs, ad revenue, etc. As you have noticed, a lot of the Tech and PC CZcamsrs main drive is to sell us viewers something we often don't need. Something valuable you have and like to share with us, is your passion for teaching and your drive to inform us and teach us how to be better consumers instead of ttrying to sell us something first and make it informative second. I'm really happy that you thought about CZcams as a job thoroughly and understood that CZcams is not a consistent paying job and that you may have to resort to less honourable tactics like shady thumbnails and other things to increase views/ clicks, etc. Things become less genuine.
Don’t quit teaching, we need more people like you. Im sure your students are proud of you and still want you to stay.
Good teachers are very, very undervalued. I'll never forget my favorite teacher, that's something that will stick with a lot of these kids forever. From the general vibe you give off and the quality of your videos, how well spoken you are, I'm sure that you are a fantastic teacher. I think you should keep teaching and think of CZcams as a hobby that happens to be a large source of income as well. I don't see your channel slowing in growth any time soon as long as you keep doing what you're doing, even if you slowed down on how many videos you're putting out.
Love your videos but please don’t quit teaching. Would have loved to have a teacher with your demeanor and relatability
This was a really interesting video, I've been having trouble finding your videos most this week as I mainly click through my recommended.
The one video you had #1 was the only one I had pop up and watched yesterday, yet I'd much rather have seen the newer comparison.
I'm not one who should give you advice, but if you wanted to focus more on CZcams I'd recommend only taking time off rather than quitting teaching,
as you said it's pretty fickle on YT and your career is stable and honestly impacts lives better.
Thanks for all the great videos and doing your thing.
Smart man, really appreciate the insights you shared here! This is so helpful. And massive respect to you for being able to balance YT content creation with your day job, it's not easy
Hello Daniel! I taught Physics labs back when I was a grad student, so I know the insane responsibilities that a teacher has, but I'm not downplaying what you do as a teacher! I'm pretty sure it's a lot more than what I had to handle. From watching you since the early days, I'm convinced that you are passionate about both teaching and tech. Maybe this doesn't have to be a rash decision. You could slowly sink into it. I really recommend hiring helpers at this stage in your youtube channel. It has a lot of potential, and hiring some editors and testers can really ease your burden. Cheers!
Good suggestion. See if any former students can help out too..
I look up to you as a new middle school math teacher myself. I hope you continue inspiring young minds here or in the class, as you have for me!
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Easily one my my favorite videos youve uploaded Daniel. I love how down to earth you are here. I think with the balance of titles vs clickbait, some of the trick seems to be keeping it a bit vague. If its 7600 vs 4060 then if im not interested in those i wont click it. If its more like "whos got the better value at the low end these days" or something where its more of a conversation along with the benchmarks plus i want to find out what the answer to that question of the title is. Making titles questions has gotten me many times. Once im there i commonly go ahead and stay for at least half of it. Keep up the great work man! Mad respect for dual jobs and that desire to be a good influence to high schoolers.
You're the first person who actually explained how youtube monetizes videos by actually showing what you see. Thank you so much for doing this! Also, you have a very understanding and generous wife, so be very grateful for that. A lot of your time seems to be on work.
Getting goosebumps by reading the comments! Your community is awesome daniel! I am also on the site dont quit teaching :)
I have kids and a mortgage as I am sure you do. This YT money can be good but it also can be bad. You have a good job with steady income. Can’t blame you if you stick with your job. Much love and respect brother.
Daniel, please do continue teaching young kids. People like you are really really needed in your country and I applaud you for doing a great job!
You are a great specimen of one the better human beings.
Thank you for your insight, and for teaching !!
You have stability in your teaching job. Ive always gone with stability when it comes to jobs. CZcams income should be viewed as an added bonus. Love your channel.
Back in 2022 when I first saw Daniel's video. I really like the way you talk to the viewers. Just feel like I'm a 6 or 7 year old child being taught by a teacher. And that somehow felt really nice. And all the goofy stuff you do in the videos like warring about the flashbang or shrinking yourself to point out something. Those are really down to earth. And all the contents you made,the news or the comparisons were actually what people are curious about at the time. It just felt right. One thing that immediately occurred to me after knowing that you were a high school teacher not a primary school teacher was that I can not imagine how good it feels to have a "rebellious" high schooler come to the math teacher to talk about the latest games and graphics cards. For both sides. That would be awesome. Anyways, keep up with the hard work(but not too hard). Wish you all the best.
You sound like a very great person and teacher. Students need people like you. They’re very lucky to have someone willing to provide a good role model even if gratefulness isn’t reciprocated at the time. We’ve all been there, sitting down at some point in the future, going “damn I’m really thankful for that person”. Even if you never hear it to your face.
I just want to say how much I appreciate you and your videos and just who you are. I know you are so busy and I love your videos. I found you almost a year ago. I literally watch almost every single video even if I just listen to it in the background. I love how genuine you and both jobs are lucky to have you and your family too. You always just come off as caring and real and I love your content. I hope you continue to have success and we will support you either way and tell CZcams to be nice.
Just joined as a member :D
Just keep it a hobby. Your content is valuable because you want to do it, the presentation is relatable, and because you are treating it as a hobby. Your channel will keep growing, and you will generate more from the content as you go; no need to overthink it. Let the two activities complement each other, not compete with each other. If it all becomes too much, hire some help or bring in a partner. You are actually quite lucky to be a youtuber who has a career outside of this environment.
This video was very interesting. Keep up the good work, and keep doing what makes you feel good.
Neither. Mr. Daniel Owen, im a bachelors of computer information systems. Your presentation style is top tier, never stop doing what you love. Having you as my stata teacher would have made the class a lot more fun
Watched the entire thing and man do I respect people like you. I remember watching your videos a few years back when you had just a couple thousand, maybe a hundred subs. You mentioned you were a full time teacher and I thought you wouldn't be putting much weight into this whole CZcams thing. But here you are and I'm just constantly amazed at how genuinely efficient you are with your time to be able to juggle between both worlds. Keep up the great work!
This was very educational on the world of a content creator - Thanks for sharing! Your authenticity is what got me to initially subscribe
As multiple other smaller creators I watch said: "only quit your day job, if youtube is *consistently* giving you more".
CZcams can block channel any second for some stupid reason, its not a reliable source of income.
We will continue to watch your uploads no matter how often or not they're uploaded. Do whatever makes you happy!
Thanks for making all of these informative videos! I appreciate your candor in explaining the ups and owns of youtube content creation and how it can impact creators from a full-time or hobby perspective.
I always look forward to your videos as they have helped me to better understand PC tech and especially the cost analysis for certain hardware.
Love your videos Daniel, and appreciate you doing so much work and research for us to make better decisions when buying parts. Having said that, definitely keep teaching if that's what you enjoy doing. A passionate teacher can change someone's life.
Daniel, we will support any decision that you make. I have heard from other CZcamsrs that the grind can be so tough that it causes you more stress than a regular job, and you are constantly looking at your CZcams numbers.
Not wanting to go anywhere or do anything that isn't CZcams related or you are doing videos on your vacation.
If it were and I loved teaching, I would continue to do that and do CZcams part-time as you feel like it. All money isn't good money, especially if you are too stressed to spend it.
Teaching offers certain benefits, especially medical and pension plans. In this country now benefits are as important in this economy as salary.
Don't let CZcams stress you out if possible. You and your family come first. Good luck with your decision.
Videos should be a complementary source of income. Even if youre making more with them at the moment.
To depend of youtube for making a living is...something to be wary of. And as you said yourself, the stress of have to making videos constantly and hoping for views is stressfull
Keep posting videos Daniel! You’re great. Love your videos!!!
"Find a job you love and add 5 days every week."
I, too, love my job. I have been in IT for 24 years and am still very passionate about IT and Technology. I am very blessed! Don't stop teaching. I would not even think about it right now if I was you.
honestly, i think we need more teachers than we do youtubers.
Just follow your passion Daniel - ignore the money, the external pressures, everything else and just *do what you love*. I will definitely say that CZcams creator tools are manipulative as all hell, try deleting the CZcams creator suite from your phone and creating a separate account for just browsing so you aren't tempted to flip to the creator tab. CZcams has a bad habit of changing creativity, passion, dreams and art into "content" for just mindless consumption. Just do the things you like, the things you're passionate about, the things you care about.
Your students are lucky to have you. And as long as you post here, I'll keep clicking on your vids (for whatever that's worth).
Very interesting to see the behind the scenes stuff that goes into being a YT creator. Also interesting to listen to your thought process on choosing whether to be a full time YToober. 10/10 video
I admire you! Hearing why you enjoy teaching, if it wasn’t for my principal constantly standing up for me and pushing me.. I don’t know that I would have ever graduated. We need more teachers such as yourself!
About the video evaluation: I have come to really appreciate your analysis and opinion since I subscribed. But you have to realise that some video's subject will not interest everyone. So for example I look at the title: 7600 vs 4060. These two gpus don't interest me, I saw some benchmarks and comparisons on them, I don't want to see any other. That doesn't mean that I consider that your content is not good, it's just a subject that deosn't interest me that much. Consider that you come to your classroom and announce the students that you will present a subject they don't really like. It doesn't mean the subject for that day shouldn't be taught, there are some people that may need that information, or that you are a bad teacher :)
you moving around the screen with that pointing finger is simply hilarious
For 10 minutes I'm thinking "CZcams fulltime" then after the confession of passion for the high schoolers and understanding the value you can bring and literally changing the lives of these kids.. please don't stop teaching. Ive been those kids struggling with life and you can have a massive impact and literally build a better generation.
Work is not worth losing sleep over. Prioritize teaching will always bring more intrinsic value. Scale back CZcams if you feel stressed; I’m sure the kind to viewers you attract will hang around regardless!
Love the authenticity of your channel, you’re doing great:)
Well said Daniel! I think this video can help others that are in a similiar situation and facing the same difficulties. I would honestly have it like you, doing both, but don't push yourself that hard in terms of getting the most performance out of the channel. Family and the work you studied for have priority.
This is actually a great lesson on why click bait is such a big part of CZcams. Creators feel like they have no choice. Hopefully this makes people more sympathetic to why it happens so much.
Yeah, the Algorithm doesn't care about thoughts or feelings. What gets views, clicks, interactions, and makes money.
Daniel, I watch you semi-regularly... All small business owners do with their businesses, what you and others are doing on the CZcams business app. I suggest, since you have the momentum, do it. You can always get another job teaching, might be at a new school whatever I don't know how it works... There's another spike of stuff coming out, RTX 5000 series, RX 7000 is probably in 2025, CPUs will be around the corner. And if YT doesn't work out, you'll go back to school in 2025 or 2026, I'd go for it.
Thanks for this video! I appreciate your honest vulnerability as you spoke about your passion for teaching and for technology along with the ins and outs of juggling teaching, CZcams, and home life. I'm glad you showed the creator screens and spoke about it. I found it both interesting and enlightening.
I keep watching your content because you are very relatable. Hearing your kids running around upstairs is a constant reminder you are just a fanily man enjoying their hobby. Keep teaching, it will keep you authentic
My humble opinion: While i watch your content sometimes, it's just for performance comparisons or maybe a bit of news, i'm not even subscribed (because i only sub to things i really don't want to miss, I keep my list in order). I don't really see a full-time career for that type of content and i'm sure you will be burnt out or disappointed in the long run because there are just so many channels out there with this kind of stuff. While i really appreciate the comparisons between GPUs and the effort but that's about it.
Don't stress over it too much. I am 100% sure that it's better if you keep teaching people with your sympathetic manner rather than doubling down on youtube. Continue doing it as a hobby, keep it as it is. I can imagine the students like having you as a teacher :) There are too less good teachers out there in the world.
Greetings from germany
Never quit your full-time job to do youtube full time unless you make serious money on your channel and can retire just by doing youtube for a couple of year. You won't know if youtube is still going to exist in a few years. You will get caught with your pants off if you're only doing a bit okay (livable money) when youtube ship somehow sinks.
That's always a risk when running your own business
Teachers are undervalued in this society. You guys deserve more money for teaching the future generations. Teachers are heroes so I'm glad you're not giving that up.
I watch you from Portugal! And i just love your videos!
Its very nice to watch you talk no matter the subject, keep up the good work👌
Do less youtube. A video every week or 10 days would be lots. Especially at times where there is no new hardware. Really enjoy your channel.
Don't you dare to quite teaching, Sir! Kids are our future and it is very important to properly educate them! CZcams is just a hobby and must be treated as such. It's unheard of for a grown man to be a full time youtuber. It's just not done. Godspeed!
Bro, you are teaching… But on CZcams and the world needs you!!
Total respect Daniel and i agree also i beleive your soul is that of a good person , we need good teachers , luv mate from AUS
Fellow teacher here. I find it so inspiring how you both teach and do the youtube channel - inspires me that I can pursue my passions outside of teaching. And you're part about teaching - the subject taking a second place is so true!! Love how I'm getting tech and teaching advice on this channel :)
That's why I like you and your channel. You are well adjusted and grounded. I think you made a great decision of continuing to teach!
Thank you for making a vid like this!
Great video. Thanks for the perspective on both teaching and the CZcams creator environment.
This must be one of the most honest videos I have ever seen on CZcams - Thank you Daniel - You are a GREAT PERSON !
Love the transparency and honesty. I have no doubt you are an awesome teacher, as regards to YT don't become a algorithm slave.
a great and honest insight Daniel - as a viewer, variety is key once you find a relatable and likeable uploader - glad your continuing with both !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!
Do what you wanna do, make videos you want to make. I hope your channel explodes and you make lots of money and never need to worry about finances again.
As someone as weird as you that loves my job and has a family, if I also had time to do something on the side like CZcams for some extra money, I still wouldn't quit my job. I'd make almost more than my yearly paycheck with contract work but it's more stressful, so I just do it when I need quick cash because doing what I want is always more important to me than working for the sake of getting money.
Bro you’re a beast of a person. CZcams can suck it bro, being a teacher is so much more noble.
You're the absolute best man, lucky to have someone as genuine as you as a tech personality. Hope you find the right balance.
You're doing a fantastic job Daniel! Really glad you're staying on CZcams, and I totally agree that you should have the liberty to space out your uploads like you want :)
Keep up the great work!
I quit teaching math 4 years ago to focus more on consulting and research. I miss it. A 4.0 in math degree is impressive, I wasn't able to do it.
You have some additional options that you may not have considered. You can quickly bang out a masters deree and get a job adjucting at a college or university. That way you could still do some teaching and generate some income to suppliment youtube, if you choose to focus more on youtube. You can also open a math ed channel and see if you could generate income from that. It's not the same as teaching in a class room, but it might work.
It sounds like you've come in a good place with all of this. I'm happy for you. Keep up the good work!
Watched the entire video knowing it will help you since I have Premium. You, sir, were also one of the youtubers that helped in my decision to upgrade to RX 6750 XT back when the inflation of gpus was high due to scalpers and crypto miners. Bought it at launch to see the price skyrocket and even going out of stuck shortly after. So your videos are priceless as you also are for the kids that you teach. 🙏 If you decide to go full time youtube down the road, please keep in mind that you don't have to quit teaching entirely, you can keep teaching part time to still feed that passion and help the future generation develop into good humans like you. Thank you for existing and for all your videos that you made and will make!
This video was recommended to me after 21h of posting, idk if that info helps...
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