How Long It Actually Takes to Get Monetised on YouTube - Whilst Working a 9-5
Using spare time to build a YouTube channel starting from scratch
I buy the gear. I use it at work. Sometimes, I make videos about it.
I write code for a living. Everything here is tech I actually paid for and lived with.
// whoami
var chuenl = new Engineer
{
Role = "Software Engineer",
Based = "London, UK",
Shipping = "20 years of code",
OnYouTube = "since 2022",
};
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// about
An engineer's side experiment.
I'm a software engineer in London. After 20+ years writing code for a living, I started a YouTube channel a few years ago — partly to find out whether it's genuinely possible to build a side income from scratch, and partly because I like taking gear apart and telling people what's worth it.
It's still small, it still runs alongside the 9–5, and I'm figuring it out in the open. That's the whole point.
// work_with_me
Fancy working together?
If you're a brand who wants to collaborate — I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
work_with_me() →// previously worked with
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