Quitting To Be A YouTube Magician [3]

I've taken an 8-month career break to turn my passion as a YouTube magician into a living. One Ahead invited me to document the highs and lows of my pursuit every few months. I recommend reading parts 1 + 2, in which my follower growth exploded, and I started making money online.

I left my job and only have 8 months to make it as a YouTube magician (Part 1)

Magic on social media can be hard work. We asked Jack Rhodes to document his attempt to turn his passion into a career.

One AheadJack Rhodes

I left my job and only have 8 months to make it as a YouTube magician (Part 2)

A candid look at one magician’s big leap.

One AheadJack Rhodes

2023 was the ‘year of change’. The year I decided to take a career break to pursue a life as a ‘creative’. Well, that must make 2024 the ‘year of commitment' – The year in which I'll need to decide whether or not this is what I actually wanted. 

March 25th is the official day my career break finishes and the day I return to my job as a Nuclear Engineer. Unless I decide that my life is better suited as a magician online. Time will tell.

January 3rd

At the start of this journey, I paid $ 4,000 for an online course on YouTube video creation (more on that in the first article if you’re interested).

Paying that sort of money felt like a gamble at the time, but I’ve just woken up to a message from someone on the course saying one of my videos has been shared by another ‘YouTube expert’ as a shining example of how to write an engaging script.