About Me
Current work
I am currently a 4th year math student at the University of Cambridge, primarily studying theoretical physics, e.g. QFT, GR, cosmology, and so on.
Workload in Cambridge is not for the light-hearted, but I manage to squeeze in some time during term breaks to produce YouTube videos. In some sense, I use the “breaks” in a math degree, to do more math.
Why YouTube?
I had always been passionate in sharing my love of math with others, as seen on this page. I saw YouTube as just another way of doing so, but the trigger was when my friend and I conducted an academic research project in high school. I was incredibly proud of the project and wanted to share with the world about our results, and YouTube came to my mind.
I did not immediately make videos on this project, because I figured that I needed to grow the channel first, so that when the video would be released, it could get more attention.
The YouTube journey
Being a “YouTuber” is anything but easy. For me, the channel took 10 months of almost-weekly videos to get 300 subscribers, until the video about COVID pushed me to over 1000. Another 9 months went by and I was at about 3000 subs, and it took this video about Dream cheating in Minecraft speedrun to push me over 10,000, and since then, I reached 100k subs, and received a play button from YouTube, and I do sincerely thank my subscribers for helping me reach this goal.
It is a constant struggle on YouTube to optimize titles and thumbnails, because there are so many videos you can watch on the home page, all of them trying to catch your attention. For me, it is not about the money brought from the views, but the innate desire for recognition when you put in blood, sweat, and tears into a project.
What’s next?
As of writing, I will be applying for PhD positions. One of my career plans is to become a professor at a university. For now, I have more experiences in teaching than research, so I am mainly drawn to the teaching aspect of the job, but perhaps by studying for a PhD, I would enjoy research more!
For the YouTube channel, I will continue for as long as possible. Honestly, the channel is my “escape” from the math I encounter in my degree, so I want to continue.