@GergelyOrosz: How most people assume to build a successful YT channel: “I got into Google, and I’m starting a YouTube channel, follow…
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A tweet highlights how @neetcode1 built a successful YouTube channel by documenting his own interview prep, and how getting into Google afterward gave his channel credibility and exponential growth.
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How most people assume to build a successful YT channel: “I got into Google, and I’m starting a YouTube channel, follow me.”
Then there’s @neetcode1: “I started a YouTube channel to document my own interview prep. I now got into Google, I’ll be posting less now, sorry guys.”
The Pragmatic Engineer (@Pragmatic_Eng): “The best sales pitch in the world”. @neetcode1, founder of NeetCode, on how getting a Google offer gave his YouTube channel credibility and made it go exponential:
“I was making these tutorial videos. I was like, I’m studying this right now. I got nothing better to do. I might
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