I benefited from the fact that I was coming from the inside, and so I had a lot of information that I could then condense down, hopefully, to something that was palatable to people who were both in and outside of the industry.Ĭraig Cannon - Yeah, but I mean, in spite of the criticism, I think you're actually doing a lot of good for the world, like getting people into programming. Jarvis Johnson - That's what things like Silicon Valley, the show, do really well. It was like, put it out, immediately works. I don't know if you ever saw that video.Ĭraig Cannon - It was really good, but basically, this was of the time when Sandwich Video just happened and every company was putting out the same kind of soft music video with the big, sweeping shots of San Francisco. Everyone complains about this stuff, and a lot of comedy is just connecting with what people are already feeling and thinking, so.Ĭraig Cannon - When we did Comedy Hack Day, we put out this video called Well Deserved, which was a place to sell your privilege. Jarvis Johnson - Because I was like, wow. In just liking to make fun of things, or liking to try and be funny and criticize things, it seemed like a good sort of opportunity to do that.Ĭraig Cannon - Yeah, it's kind of like a softball. Being in it, and being someone who had this dream of entering the industry, and being a productive, contributing member of it, and then coming and doing that, I both was really gratified with the work that I've been able to do, but also realized there's a lot of stuff that people weren't talking about for whatever reason.
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Jarvis Johnson - The way I think about it is that the software industry is extremely popular and has gotten off kind of scot-free and extremely glorified for a really long time. Jarvis Johnson - Sure, yeah, yeah-Ĭraig Cannon - But then criticizing it, too. Jarvis Johnson - I was like all right, guys.Ĭraig Cannon - There's so many things I want to cover, but this is an interesting angle because you're both the beneficiary of the software industry, right? They kicked me out for self-promotion, but before they did, it had started going viral. I posted it in a Facebook group called Hackathon Hackers, or something like that. The first video that I had that got any traction was actually on Facebook, where I posted a video that was making fun of the technical interview in the software industry. Yeah, that was, I think when I started out I was trying a bunch of things. I didn't know he posted one of my videos, but yeah. Jarvis Johnson - I know he followed me on Twitter. Jarvis Johnson - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.Ĭraig Cannon - He posted one of your videos. I was first drawn to you because you were posting these software videos.Ĭraig Cannon - Matt Hackett, who is Casey Neistat's co-founder. Now, I'm a YouTube creator and a software engineer.Ĭraig Cannon - I've been wondering that. Jarvis Johnson - It's almost like the reverse now. Jarvis Johnson - Thanks for having me.Ĭraig Cannon - Today, Jarvis Johnson, who is a software engineer and YouTube creator. You can find him on YouTube at Jarvis Johnson, and on Twitter All right, here we go. Jarvis was previously a software engineer at Patreon, Yelp, and Google.
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You can find him on YouTube at Jarvis Johnson and on Twitter - Jarvis' introĠ0:30 - Where his videos first got tractionġ:10 - Being part of the software industry while critiquing itĩ:00 - Interviewing multiple times at the same companyġ4:10 - Switching from individual contributor to managerġ8:15 - Learnings from managing that he applies to himselfĢ1:25 - What made Jarvis want to do YouTube full time?ģ1:05 - Making what you want vs talking to viewersģ5:35 - When did things really start to click for his channel?ģ8:00 - Choosing to make multiple genres of videoĤ3:40 - Nathan Allebach asks - Are content creators responsible in any capacity for their audiences?ĥ0:45 - Taylor asks - In what ways do you think content creation can benefit one's career in the tech industry?ĥ4:20 - Jarvis made a podcast when he was a teenagerĥ6:10 - Octopus Blues asks - What lessons did improv teach you/who would you recommend it to, if anyone?ĥ8:25 - Predictions for YouTubers and content creatorsĬraig Cannon - Hey, how's it going? This is Craig Cannon, and you're listening to Y Combinator's podcast. Jarvis Johnson was previously a software engineer at Patreon, Yelp, and Google.