About this video
- Video Title: leaving Google for this
- Channel: Scott Yu-Jan
- Speakers: Scott Yu-Jan
- Duration: 00:07:54
Overview
This video documents Scott Yu-Jan's decision to leave his job at Google to pursue his passion for creating content and design full-time. He shares a personal story about his mother's accident and recovery, which inspired his core values of learning, making, and sharing. Scott explains how his YouTube channel and creative projects, initially a side hustle, have grown to a point where they demand his full attention, leading him to make the difficult but necessary transition to become a full-time creator.
Key takeaways
- Inspiration from Adversity: A serious accident involving his mother in Taiwan, and the subsequent long recovery, deeply impacted Scott. Witnessing the hospital environment and using it as an opportunity to learn green screen techniques fostered his passions for learning, creating, and sharing.
- The Power of Optimism and Creativity: Despite facing immense challenges, including student debt, multiple jobs, and his parents' health issues, Scott's family demonstrated resilience through optimism, creativity, and silliness, teaching him these as vital survival tools.
- The Unhealthy Nature of Hustle Culture: Scott reflects on his four years of working part-time at Google while dedicating most of his weekends and evenings to his YouTube channel, realizing this "hustle culture" led to unhealthy compromises on his well-being and personal life.
- Prioritizing Passion over Stability: After years of dreaming of working at Google and enjoying his role there, Scott realized that his YouTube channel had evolved beyond a hobby into a significant part of his life, offering fulfillment and new opportunities that he could no longer ignore.
- A Leap of Faith: On February 21st, 2025, Scott leaves Google to become a full-time creator and independent designer, acknowledging his fear and uncertainty about the future but trusting in the skills and experiences gained through his creative journey.
