I left Meta...and I'm lowkey freaking out 🥲 | Tina Huang

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1:02Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every 5 seconds, with the most accurate heart rate sensing and awareable. So your vital zap, now with heart rate variability, can tell you when something is off. And your readiness score can let you know when to rest and when to push. Here's the story in every heartbeat with Apple Watch Series 12. The features described are for wellness purposes only and not for medical use. iPhone 11 or later required, based on Apple conducted study of heart rate accuracy August 2026. Alright guys, so it is finally my turn. I quit my job as a data scientist at Meta. Previously known as Facebook. I don't know how much of a surprise this is this comes to many of you guys. I feel like it was kind of an open secret. I was a data scientist that worked on the ARVR site. I'm sure you've heard about some of the products that Oculus Virtual Reality goggles. There's portal, which is a calling device. And there's also the AR glasses that came out recently. A lot of my work was figuring out where we should be investing our money, doing a lot of forecasting, as well as designing and running experiments. So that was my job on paper.

2:03But in reality, I gotta say it was really, really hard. So after graduating, you know, I thought I knew things, but then I started working and realized that I absolutely did not know anything. It felt like I was drinking from a fire hose the entire time. But I really do cherish that experience because I learned so much in such a short period of time. I learned obviously a lot more about how to use data science from an industry perspective. And another really big thing is how to work with other functions and how to work towards really, really big visions. Like the whole organization was about, you know, the metaverse. It's about virtual reality. It's about the next evolution and next platform. And it was just like huge, huge dreams, a huge, huge visions. And our job was to make that a reality. While that was going on as working as a data scientist, at the same time, I started my YouTube channel. I believe I actually started my YouTube channel one week prior to me starting my job. So I was consistently making videos along the way as well. And little by little, you guys started joining me.

3:03The channel grew really, really slowly in the beginning and then slowly started picking up momentum. We started a discord community. So that community started to thrive as well. And it kind of took on a life on its own. So everything was going along pretty much in parallel. However, honestly, as the channel got bigger and bigger, and also the my responsibilities at work started picking up. It got like harder and harder to keep up, you know. So that's when in, I believe March of 2021. So it's actually been more than a year now. I said, they're doing the study with me live streams. This was the hold myself accountable, making sure that I'm keeping up with the self-studying, making sure that I'm keeping up with the YouTube channel and the community. That really helped a lot. Making sure that I was consistent throughout the rest of the year. And then it was around June-ish. I decided I wanted to do something new at Meta. So then I transferred to the Instagram creator monetization integrity team, which is basically catching bad creators and bad content. So for those of you who are always wondering like, why do you not have as much of an Instagram

4:06presence? That is why potential conflict of interest. Anyway, so I kept on doing these two things in parallel as the YouTube channel kept on growing and my responsibilities as a data scientist kept on increasing as well because I was becoming more senior as time went on. Alas, there came a time in which I could no longer do both. I tried, like I really, really tried, but it just came to a point where it was not sustainable anymore. My entire YouTube journey, which is almost two years now, I had one single goal and that goal was the post one video per week, which sometimes I did not manage, but I've been pretty consistent throughout the almost two years. But towards the end, I definitely started slipping. I started slipping in terms of my work and I started slipping in terms of the consistency and the quality of the videos. And I realized that was when I had to make a decision. I could double down a focus on my data science career and see the YouTube stuff as more of a hobby or I could dive head in and really commit to YouTube and to the business.

5:06So since you're watching this video, I'm sure that you know that I quit my job. I decided to quit my job. And I gotta say, like let me tell you, it's not, it was not an easy choice. It really, really wasn't. I spent a lot of time weighing the factors and in some ways, like I feel like in my heart, I guess I always knew there's going to come in time in which I would have to choose, but I just kept on, you know, pushing that aside. Just really going like, oh, like I'll figure it out. Like I'll somehow be able to do both. But yeah, I was not able to do that anymore. So I finally had to make that choice. And it was so terrifying and to be honest, I am still so terrified right now as well. And sometimes I get wake up and I'm just like, damn, guess I quit my job. Wow. But yeah, it's, so I did it. I did it. So to elaborate a little bit more about why I did it, it was because I made this vision board on my 26th birthday. This was back in November. And here's the vision that I had for myself.

6:06So I've shared parts of this before if you guys, but the part that really just made me realize that I had to make that step was the part where I said, I am fully remote and have multiple streams of income mostly online. That is at least 50% passive, which allows me to spontaneously travel to different places and focus on what I find the most impactful work without worrying about making ends meet. I also have a fully staffed team that I trust to keep the business running. And I focus on learning and creating content. As you can see, my career track working as a data science intact was not going to lead me towards this vision. While if I were to focus on YouTube and the business around YouTube, that does lead towards this vision. So it makes sense for me to take that leap. What I want to do is to create content, connect with people, build a community and then work towards my goal of financial freedom, time freedom, location freedom and all of that

7:06leading to the intellectual freedom, which is doing what I find the most meaningful at any time without worrying about making ends meet. So that is my vision and the reason why I made that leap and I quit my job. I want to stop here and just say thank you guys so much for supporting me, for just walking alone, sign me step by step and give me that courage. Low energy, unfocused, foggy, you might be dehydrated. Whether it's hot yoga, over 100 degree weather or too much sun, Gator Light with a specialized blend of five electrolytes was scientifically designed to help move fluids into the body faster for rapid rehydration. Shop now at Retailers Nationwide. Gator Light hydrates faster than water. Is it in you? These noted are signs of mild to moderate dehydration, consult to healthcare professional if symptoms persist. Visible puts unlimited 5G data in hotspot in the palm of your hand, powered by Verizon's 5G network, with no contract holding you back.

8:07And for a limited time, you can get visible for just $19 a month for 12 months when you use promo code SAVE6. All the features of Big Wireless Service, for half the cost. Tap the banner to switch today. As a supply, standard rate applies at month 13, see visible.com for plan features and network management details. Your heart can tell you a lot about your health. Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every five seconds, with the most accurate heart rate sensing and awareable. So your vital zap now with heart rate variability can tell you when something is off. And your readiness score can let you know when to rest and when to push. Here the story in every heartbeat with Apple Watch Series 12. The features described are for wellness purposes only and not for medical use. iPhone 11 or later require based on Apple conducted study of heart rate accuracy August 2026. Visit apple.com slash Apple Watch Series 12. As well to make this decision and pursue this vision that I have over here. I genuinely can say that I could not have done this without you guys. So I really sincerely, sincerely want to say thank you.

9:11Looking forward now, now that I quit, I want to give you guys an idea of how I'm envisioning moving forward. I put a lot of thought into this and my vision for this business is for to not just be YouTube. I want this to be a content and community focused business with the mission of changing people's lives. Now specifically, I did write a vision for this. I want this to be a place where ambitious people find resources, hope and community to continuously and consistently self study and work towards their own vision to live more fulfilling lives. It is a lot and it is a very, very lofty vision. I know this. You know, what's the point of having a vision if it doesn't encompass something much greater? I want to break this down a little bit as well. So notice how I said it's consistent and continuous self studying. And that's because for me, self studying has really been my keystone habit. It's the habit that has changed everything for me, which I won't talk about that much now, but I made a video over here talking about what a keystone habit is. So imagine over here you have your visions and your dreams and things you want to accomplish, right?

10:12So here is your productivity, your implementation, your methods in order to be better at getting stuff done. So the thing is these two things both have to exist. If you just have dreams and you just have visions without productivity, you're never going to fulfill them. They're always going to be dreams. Or on the other side, if you just have productivity, you become very efficient, but what are you working towards? Now consistent self learning is my keystone habit. And I think it's what bridges that gap of your vision and your dreams and productivity and implementation. By consistently self learning and just taking that knowledge, taking those skills and incorporating that into your knowledge bank, the way that you view the world, that is going to shape and unlock your dreams and your visions. Because oftentimes we don't really even know what it is that we want, right? Like you often depend on what society tells you or what your parents tell you is what it is that you want, but it takes time and effort and learning new things in order to shape that for yourself to create a vision that you want to work towards. And also by consistently learning and becoming more productive, being better at getting things done more quickly and working smarter, you start applying to things that you're learning

11:15and slowly changing your dreams and your vision into a reality. I think the misconception that a lot of people have is that they lose success as an event that happens. But really success is just small events that are occurring throughout an entire process. And that's why I emphasize so much on this consistent self learning because that is the journey. That is the thing that's going to be unlocking all of these successful events that will ultimately lead towards your dream life, your dream vision. So in a practical sense, this is what it's going to look like for me. The first one is nothing new. I'm going to keep consistently making at least one video a week on YouTube with a focus on self learning productivity and still some coding and data science. Because in my mind, learning how to code is still one of the best skills I can possibly pick up because it unlocks so many opportunities for you and freedom. If that is something that you're interested in as well, like I am. I also recently started a newsletter, which I'll be putting a lot of focus on as well. The newsletter is very different content than what I post on YouTube. It's a lot more personal. It's about the books that I'm reading about the things that I'm learning, the things I'm implementing in my life right now. It's basically like a documentation of that self learning journey, that journey towards

12:18hopefully it leads to success. So if that's something that you're interested in following along, do you check out the link over here? Also linked in description. Couple of the things I want to focus on. The first one is the discord community. So that community has grown a lot since we first started. We're at around 9,000 members right now. So one of my biggest goals is to strengthen that community, trying to make it a place where people feel comfortable sharing with each other, going through that journey together, and also having more events and more ways for people to engage with each other. The other thing I want to invest in is developing a course slash program that will of course also have its own community attached to it, which will help people accomplish that vision that we just talked about, providing those resources to hope and the community to consistently self learn, apply those things, and work towards their own visions in life. I know that it kind of sounds a little bit vague right now, and that's because I'm still thinking through what I envision it to look like, and how it is people can derive value from it. So do stay tuned though, and I'll be sharing more information, especially on a newsletter. My goal is to be able to launch a beta version, like a small group of people who test things out by fall of this year. So yes, this is my vision and how I plan to achieve it. I'm also going to keep livestreaming, keep learning myself, apply the things that I'm

13:21learning, and keep struggling along the journey as well. As those of you who go to my study with Tina livestreams, you have seen me struggle time and time and again. So that's the real, that's real, right? That's realistic, and I'm going to keep showing that publicly because I think it's really important to emphasize what that journey looks like. And one more thing I want to mention, I won't be doing this alone of course. Thank you to ecstasy, who we have to help on the discourse side now. And also Ibrahim and Maddie who've been working with me for a while now in order to lay the foundations of this business and grow it. Again, thank you guys so much for being a part of this. I sincerely, sincerely mean this. Thank you so much for supporting me along the way. I honestly could not have been able to do this without you. I am very excited and also deadly afraid. But let's do this, shall we? I will see you guys in the next video where livestream.

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