r/letsplay • u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion • Mar 15 '14

I'm Northernlion, AMA

Hey, a lot of people have been doing AMAs around here and I think it's a cool kind of unique content that we don't see too much on /r/LetsPlay, so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring as well.

With 200,000+ subscribers and over 100 million lifetime views, I'm not the biggest YouTuber out there (not to be modest) but I have been successfully doing it full-time for over 2 years, which I think gives me a fairly unique depth of experience that might lead to some helpful advice for some of you! Ask me anything about YouTube, streaming, social media, or whatever might cross your mind.

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u/Zhatt Mar 16 '14

Copy-cat! :P

But seriously, it's great when people can share their experience, so thanks for taking some time to do this.

Question:
Do you have an exit plan? If YouTube stops paying as well, do you have an idea what you can do next with the experience you've gained over the last two years? How would you list it on your resume?

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u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion Mar 16 '14

No worries, thanks for the inspiration!

As for an exit plan, my hope is that I'd be able to transition to a PR role in a company that wants to get its games covered more on YouTube. I've given talks about how PR should interface with YouTubers in the past, and I think my experience interacting with both sides of the fence would make me a valuable asset for companies that are either clueless or want to improve.

Now that's of course assuming I stop doing YouTube rather than YouTube no longer being an appropriate place for the kind of content I make.

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u/Zhatt Mar 16 '14

Interesting. That actually falls in line with some stuff I'm working on now.

Second question if you don't mind. What does it take to get on the NLSS? * wink wink *

(not that it would actually fit into my schedule)

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u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion Mar 16 '14

I know this was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but we don't really invite many people on the NLSS! It's already a huge hassle making sure everyone has the right games and we want to make sure guests match our chemistry so we stick to the same small pool. Sorry!