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🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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0:00.0 | Today on The Collin and Tamir Show, we're interviewing Jarvis Johnson. |
0:05.0 | Jarvis is a commentary YouTuber with a really interesting backstory. |
0:08.8 | He started his career as a software engineer working at companies like Google and Yelp, |
0:13.2 | and he eventually made his way to Patreon. |
0:15.9 | He always loved YouTube, so while he was at Patreon, he decided to start posting videos. |
0:20.3 | The first videos that really took off for him were all about his life as a software engineer. |
0:25.0 | He talked about working in tech, but that wasn't really the audience that he wanted to connect with. |
0:29.5 | So he took a risk and pivoted to comedy commentary. |
0:32.2 | The commentary genre on YouTube is huge. |
0:34.6 | It includes creators like Cody Coe, Curtis Connor, Tiffany Ferg, Danny |
0:39.0 | Gonzalez, Drew Gooden, the list goes on. But the really interesting thing about commentary |
0:43.7 | on YouTube is that it's really people sitting at their desk. It relies on their thoughts and how they |
0:49.9 | articulate those thoughts to an audience. In a world where YouTube videos are becoming very expensive |
0:54.5 | and so much based in spectacle, it's fascinating to see that creators like Jarvis are getting |
0:59.3 | millions and millions of views sitting at their desk. Most of Jarvis's most popular YouTube |
1:04.3 | videos cover what he deems terrible channels. In this interview, we dive into the commentary genre |
1:09.4 | on YouTube. We also talk about how Jarvis |
1:11.7 | left a six-figure job at Patreon to go full-time on YouTube, how he pivoted his content, and how he's |
1:18.3 | navigated life on the internet. All right, we hope you guys enjoy this. There is a YouTube video to go |
1:22.7 | along with this on the channel right now, but let's get into our interview with Jarvis Johnson. |
1:32.3 | Okay. on the channel right now, but let's get into our interview with Jarvis Johnson. So how would you explain the type of content you make right now? |
1:36.6 | How would I explain the content I make right now? |
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