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People should not do that, though. There are better things to dedicate lives to.

>>sander+(OP)
who are you to dictate what people do with their lives and deny them their free will?

>>slt202+a
Not who you are responding to but I think it is more a case of, long term it might not work out as intended for them. They are more than free to pursue this goal with all their might, but don't be surprised if in a few years they are burnt out and scrambling for the exit.

That said, it might work out, who knows? But at some point it looks like gambling with your time and energy trying to seek fulfillment. Again, they are free to do this, just try not to harm others in the process.

>>sander+(OP)
> There are better things to dedicate lives to.

Then those aren't people Jimmy wants to hire for his company. There are hundreds of millions of teenagers on this planet that want to stake everything they own to make a YouTube channel and reap the rewards - ownership of their work, being their own boss, potentially lucrative amounts of money, microcelebrity if not greater levels of fame, etc. Some will do it, and some won't. Jimmy is very clearly talking to those people.

I know because I was one of them, making my first few hundred dollars ever from adsense at the age of 14 (till I was demonetized a year later and my channel got taken down for copyright, but hey, you learn). I've since grown a bit a taken that energy and it's helped guide me as I learn to make my own startup right now - it's the same adrenaline rush and pursuit of the American dream.

>>saintr+j1
It's interesting to me that you did this with YouTube, as I did the same when I was 16 (almost 20 years ago now) but with AdSense. I earned about $70 (mostly off my buddies anime site) which I never collected. Seven years later Google sends the money to my state's unclaimed fund. Even more years later I finally collect that $70 check.

Just wanted to share some fond memories.

>>DaoVel+i1
even if it doesnt work, an employee was compensated for labor on mutually agreed terms & one comes out with valuable experience (and arguably a stronger ability to build something better than MrBeast if there is misalignment with MrBeast principles/values)

>>sander+(OP)
Or, you can go work there for 1-2 years, learn a lot and move on. Maybe to some more relaxed work, or start your own venture. It actually sounds like a place where you might learn something.

>>sander+(OP)
>There are better things to dedicate lives to.

Everyone seems to think that they have the answers to this question... Family, friends, community, god, volunteering at the local soup kitchen..

All over your own wants? If you are a video creator/ creative and that's what gives you energy and all the feel good chems, why not work your ASS off for THE CREATOR of our generation?

Cause from the way i see it, success and the confidence* it brings, solves all other issues.

*As long as you can avoid the pitfall of arrogance.

>>TrapLo+EG
Because, in my opinion, this is a worse thing to do with your life than the many better options.

I don't have some One Right Answer to what the best thing to do with your life is, but I'm comfortable having a personal - but strong - opinion on a rough ordering that, for instance, puts family and friends much higher than a life dedicated to "THE CREATOR of our generation". Maybe you think that sounds impressive? I think it just sounds very sad.

>>earnes+Yh
Yep, to the extent that this is a sensible thing to do, this is the sensible way to do it. This is clearly analogous to working in high-pressure finance shops or in startups for a fairly short period of time in order to drink from a firehose.

The problem is that the kind of people who are ambitious enough to think this sounds like a good idea often (maybe usually) get sucked deeply into it.

But yep, I do think it's a reasonable model if you can avoid that outcome and get in and out early in your career.

>>saintr+j1
Yep, I get it. This is all true. What I'm saying is that, in my opinion, it's also bad and those people (and perhaps you) ought to choose a better path. I recognize that many of them won't. There are lots of things I think people (including myself!) ought not do, which we still do anyway.

>>slt202+a
Note that I'm not dictating anything to anyone, simply stating my view about what things are or aren't good, which I'm certainly entitled to.