How was your university experience?
The first semester of my first year was amazing, I still think it was one of the best times of my life. Second year started well, then COVID happened. I couldn’t go on my year abroad which was gutting, but that made me start my YouTube channel because I had to do something interesting with my life. I wouldn’t be where I am today had that all not happened and I’m grateful even though it wasn’t what I wanted.
Do you have advice for people who want to start presenting?
People ask ‘how do I end up like you’, and I’d say just put it all together and put it on the internet. People can only find you if you’re there to be found. Compile your best bits and whack it online. You’ll be fine.
Put it all together and put it on the internet. People can only find you if you’re there to be found.
What should students know about going from uni to work?
I thought I’d be prepared because I was working during my final year, but no. This was the first time in sixteen years that I wasn’t studying and I don’t have a consistent 9-5 with freelance. It’s jarring to go from studying to the world of work out there on your own. Education has been my safe space since I was four and I don’t know how I’m coping yet, it’s so different. You have to hold yourself accountable and find a balance between work and looking after yourself.
What’s it like freelancing?
Freelancing is difficult. It’s slow in the beginning, you have to be persistent because it’s easy to be disheartened. There will be periods of busyness and quiet, you have to deal with the fact that sometimes there won’t be anything for you. After I left university in June, I was doing BTCC, V10 R-League, MXGP in Indonesia, in the space of three weeks. Then in September, I didn’t do anything. Find something to keep you busy when you don’t have a job and don’t lose hope. As long as you are there and creating amazing content to the best of your ability, there will be jobs waiting for you in a month, in a year. It’s just riding out the quiet periods and knowing that there will be light at the end of the tunnel.