Episode Details

I Want to Play Video Games for a Living | Career Crush

10 Jun 2021

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𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Can you make a career out of playing video games? Short answer: Yes. Read more from the interview at https://hbr.org/2021/06/career-crush-i-want-to-play-video-games-for-a-living Pokémon trainer Steve Sarumi tells us how to make money as a full-time Twitch Streamer, and whether it’s actually as fun as it seems. He chats with Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio about building your community, why he started, how he grew a following of 45k+ people, and what got him to a six-figure salary. 00:00 Is it that easy? 00:35 I watch a lot of Twitch. A lot. 00:57 Meet Steve Sarumi 02:06 How He Got Started 03:20 How many hours do you work a week? 04:00 Scripting a stream 04:25 Let's talk money. 06:40 How to Get Started 08:40 My Pros and Cons We’d love to hear from you! Tell us about your content preferences in our 10-minute survey: https://hbp.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2ldQ5v6xeoxKHrM?source=social_youtube Learn more about Steve Sarumi’s work at https://www.pkmncast.com/ Produced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, and Eliza Laycock Video by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, and Eliza Laycock Assistant editing by Eliza Laycock Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ascend https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbr-ascend https://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/ https://twitter.com/HBRAscend https://www.instagram.com/hbrascend/ #streamer #twitch #careeradvice

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