Subscribe to Karat's Creator Newsletter at https://news.trykarat.com Check out Jed's new merch drop at https://ruleofthirds.com/! @jedcal got crazy views as a fulltime creator living in a creator house w friends like Kelly Wakasa & ur mom ashley. But he felt burned out. Today he shares why he decided to step back on YouTube and return to software engineering - and ensure that content is a small but meaningful part of the broader life he wants to live ✨ ---------------------- Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Jed at @jedcal https://www.instagram.com/jedcal/ Follow his new project at https://ruleofthirds.com/ ---------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Jedcal is getting JACKED 1:59 - is Jed *actually* 6 ft tall 4:17 - Why @ColinandSamir call Jed the "Casual Creator" and Jed's burnout 6:04 - Jed's secret trick to doing vlogs FAST 7:44 - @urmomashley's advice for vloggers 8:15 - why Jed says: be careful of vloggers 9:15 - why Jed LEFT the creator house 11:05 - What MrBeast DOESN'T do in his videos 12:39 - How to build an audience for vlogging 13:00 - what Jed would make if the views didn't matter 13:56 - endgame for Jed is... 14:31 - Jed started his own company 17:10 - How much is he making from Ratemydorm.com? 19:43 - What will end Jed's content career? 21:46 - Jed's chess rating vs @BotezLive 24:36 - Jed is a 4th degree black belt 25:10 - why Jed needs to do chessboxing 26:21 - What changed when he left Guam? 27:54 - How he built so many friends in the Youtube space 29:08 - When he found his Youtube niche 31:10 - How was his mental health during covid when he couldn't make content? 33:58 - How much he made from Youtube when he quit his job 37:16 - Jed talks about his clothing brand 38:15 - Jed’s DATING life 40:19 - Would he ever form a content group? 40:48 - What he's working on 41:18 - The biggest thing on Jed's mind & how he keeps his male audience engaged 48:36 - How does Jed celebrate his subscriber growth? 49:40 - Last video he's most proud of