In 2014, I graduated college with a tidal wave of medical school rejections. In search of a new career plan, I spent the next few years making money any way I could—modeling, tutoring, and even working as a real estate agent. But in 2018, I started posting personal finance videos on YouTube. It wasn’t a … Read more
In 2017, after I graduated from college, I started working as an engineer in an oil company. I was 23 and making $98,500 a year. At first I thought I had my dream job. But after seeing senior executives working 60-hour weeks with routine travel, I realized that wasn’t the lifestyle I wanted. My father … Read more
In 2014, I graduated college with a tidal wave of medical school rejections. In search of a new career plan, I spent the next few years making money any way I could—modeling, tutoring, and even working as a real estate agent. But in 2018, I started posting personal finance videos on YouTube. It wasn’t a … Read more
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 08: In this photo illustration, the logos of social media apps, … [+] Twitter, Google, Google+, Gmail, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone on October 8, 2018 in Paris, France. Google has decided to shut down its social network Google+ after discovering a security … Read more
A complex topic, explained in a simple and fascinating way. This is the essence of a budding YouTube channel that doubles as a series of seminars for students at McMaster University. Appropriately called Demystifying Medicine, the channel is a collection of short videos made entirely by students who hold contemporary perspectives on the links between … Read more
In 2014, I had just graduated from college and I thought I had planned my whole life: to go to medical school, find a six-figure job as a doctor, and make my parents proud. None of this happened. I realized that I hated blood and needles and was rejected by more than 15 medical schools. … Read more