What's up everyone! thanks for watching this video. This was a difficult one to share as I talked about certain vulnerable topics I usually don't open up about that easily. Also it was really hard for me to not come across as a spoiled privileged millennial while making this video. I just wanted to share what I have been through in the last 7-8 years... I had dozens of moments where I was about to delete the whole video and just not publish it, as I thought it would do more harm than good. But after reading your comments, I'm so glad that this video was found helpful and inspiring by most of you. Know that you are not alone on this journey and always feel free to share your story in the comments below. I will try to reply to as many as I can. Also, please don't quit your job tomorrow after watching this video :) The point of the video was to just share the lessons that gave me a different perspective on life and work and that made me decide to quit my job, start traveling the world and focus on building a completely different life. Hopefully it can at least trigger you to start thinking about your own life in a more deliberate way.. I post photos and stories of my journey more frequently on Instagram: instagram.com/stefanovic92 I also try to respond to every DM over there. Cheers!
congrats on your content. it was very motivating for me I live here in Brazil where data analysts are apparently not so valued and need to have knowledge of programming and data engineers. I'm going through financial difficulties, I stayed 2 days to eat, but I got a crowdfunding from some friends to buy food it seems that many times my studies and technical skills are not enough to meet the demands of companies thank you very much for the motivation
Massive respect for making such a big change in your life man! It's nice to get some perspective, this definitely helped me to see that we have more control over our career and lives than we sometimes think. Subbed + looking forward to future vids 👍
@Stefanovic I sincerely thank you for sharing your journey. What you shared is certainly not new, BUT it is REAL. And real wisdom never gets old. There are not enough real people, sincere people in this space. So HUGE thanks for not deleting the video. Your message finds me during a pivotal time in my life's journey.
What I learned: 1. People work for 3 reasons: 1) pressure - emotional or financial, 2) purpose - valuing the end result, 3) play - enjoying the process. 2. Success = doing work that feels like play, fulfills a purpose, and gets you paid. 3. Do work that compensates you based on the value you create, not on the time you put in.
_Do work that compensates you based on the value you create, not on the time you put in_ - The boss that hires less workers than the minimum needed and keeps the few available underpaid and doing overtime just to pay them a bit more while threatening the ones who want to go home at the right time, so the "good workers stay more time" culture hold everything with iron fist: I beg to differ on this. 🤭
@@Adri9570 First, if you don't want to be a worker, make your own business Second, if you don't want to be paid little, go somewhere that pays more. It isn't his fault people who choose to work for him let pressure drive their decision making.
The fact that you kept the bloopers at the end says a lot about your character. Honest and down to earth. I appreciate your story and respect your courage. Great video.
that first part of the sentence is so true. I know anyone can put the effort if they are willing to. I wish for as much people to have that opportunity.
"You get paid for the amount of hours you put and not the value you give to the world" Thanks bro for such a motivational and excellent explaination and differentiation between a job and working for yourself 👍🙂 keep it up
If we don't build up our dreams, another person will hire us to build up his/hers. What a courageous decision, I am convinced that time will reward you accordingly. I'll also follow your steps , cheers for us!!
But for that dreams requireds money and that's why we earn the money first or we say we work for another people's dreams. Just for earning a knowledge and money
Duuuude 🤯 I've watched many "I quit my job" videos, this is hands down the best of the bunch. In fact, that 3rd lesson is probably the best thing I have heard/watched on UA-cam. Kudos!
So glad I ran across your channel! I’m also a data analyst by day. By night I’m turning my passion for architecture and 3d renderings into a side job. I’ve been doing architectural drawings since I was a kid and it’s like play to me. Got my first couple clients and every job feels just like I’m getting paid to play. Cheers!
Stefanovic you actually enlightened me on a foggy day thinking about my life and what I want to do next. Thank you for sharing your story and lessons with us, and please don't delete the video! You came cross extremely humble and I will continue to follow your journey as you create more content you love. Thanks again!
Dude, this, this is the content I want UA-cam to recommend to everyone. Not the bullshit that most try to sell. I thank you for this. And of course, the advice you give should reward you until the end of times. Thank you. I'm starting to thrive as of today, not just survive.
Brother, well done again! I remember that day at the park vividly (or the day at the beach in Mallorca). Control your life or others will do it for you, but lot of people are still ''sleeping" without realizing it. I have HUGE respect for you taking this decision and you are an inspiration to others!Who cut the onions in my room?
The concept of tying your compensation to value you create, so you're compensated repeatedly over time, instead of only once for the point of creation, is a game-changer for people -- once they understand the difference. This is the most important point. When working for an employer, we're paid one time to create something the employer will make money from for days, months, years. Figure out how to think more like the employer.
I'm glad I found this video. I just received an entry level job to the similar role and try to seek advice from those who have experiences. This video is an eye opening. Thanks so much for sharing, Stefan. You just got a subscriber!
Great video. The "Permanent job not so permanent" part really resonates. Since the pandemic started I saw a lot of friends losing their jobs and breaking down like you mention. So I'm of the same mindset as you, I don't want to ever have my life depend on one source of income that I don't control, really eye opening man. Great video!
I respect your awareness of time, your thoughts on value, and your insight into them all and how to create leverage from them. When I lose motivation or think about short term comfort vs long term comfort I say a quote my wife shared with me: "It is a long journey to success, and quitting won't get you there faster." Your definition of success is the one I have never been able to relay to others in a clear, quick, and concise way. I will be borrowing that, yet crediting you for sharing it. Be well, and good luck! I will be here for the journey, friend.
Glad to have you man. And what I meant with that definition of success is purely related to work. The overall definition of success is something more like: live a happy, healthy life surrounded by love and wealth(freedom)
This is so relatable as I am also a data analyst who is always longing to create value to people but got stuck in the loop due to financial and societal pressure. Your video is so inspiring and motivates me to take the next step ahead. Thanks man , keep it coming ! Cheers :)
Love your message. I’m a millennial pharmacist but I just started my content creation journey. All the things you said really resonate with me. Also your outtakes at the end… I make those dumb mistakes probably 1000x but you got the confidence to post it. Can’t wait to see your progress man!
Wow, you actually made me think differently about the careers I want to pursue. Well done. I am in my senior year Majoring in Accounting. I found myself not enjoying most of the work, and it is scary to imagine not finding a career I enjoy. You brought a lot of light on subjects that are not ofenly discussed.
7:01 that really hit me hard man, thank you soo much for this insight, so many people just dont stop to look around, they just mindlessly live for a very very long while, we really do need to spend our lives with more purpose and more meaning to us. Thank you 🙏🔥🔥🔥💸
Everyone should know the two main reasons you have a job: 1. The company expects to make more money from your work than it cost to employ you. 2. You want to get paid. Most people are willfully ignorant and only think about the second reason.
What a great content and great story telling. This is your best motivation video you made until now. Be proud of yourself you managed to learn and became a great in job you did, quit that, and start from the scratch all over again, to build something that you really love to do. We are proud of you!
Bravo, na dobrom si putu…sa ovim pitanjima se donekle zagrebe površina, ipak sa vremenom će se otvoriti i druga pitanja koja dotiču životnu suštinu. Malo ljudi, posebno tako mladih, stignu u životu i do ovih početnih pitanja. Sve najbolje, samo nastavi da istražujes samog sebe 😊
I'm in my third year of university studying computer science and you've definitely inspired me to take more risks in life, especially since I'm still quite young. Subscribed, can't wait to be a part of your journey. Cheers.
This is a very important part on 7:27 when he says that if you are stuck in a 9-5 job, what you do during that time will determine the opportunities. If you don't work hard at least for some time and keep healthy finances, it is hard to quit the job and even have some time to rest and consider other opportunities. In my case I just quit from 7 years at tech support, and doing an effort to climb a few positions and having healthy finances allowed me to have enough savings to do this. Otherwise it is not possible if you have to pay expensive rent and got little to no savings.
Bro, I love when you said I'm getting emotional here...since I subscribed I've noticed one thing about your videos, the quality, the transitions and the pedigree of content just lets your message stick. I really appreciate it. I'm on my way to pushing content myself out and work 9-5 so I got value for my time here. I appreciate you, Bro
I needed to hear this, you completely rescued me from almost giving up! Thank you for the words of encouragement! You got a like a new subscriber! God bless!
I'm glad I came across this video. I'm in a data analytics boot camp but I want to start an urban farm. I don't want to work my life away but I want more security. This gives me a lot to think about. I'd love to be a data analyst in the food industry but I don't see that often. Thank you for the perspective 🖤
When you were talking about how crazy it is that we are expected to know what we want to do with our lives at 18 it felt like I was watching a video of myself. I have said that more times than I can count and as a father of 3, it's something I think about often for my kids.
The second video I’ve watched from you bro. First video was a like and a subscribe with all the bells… you’re on point and the emotional part near the end… bam 💥 loved it. Love your content. Thank you.
Inspirational content, very well done! However I would like to point out that for a lot of people it is going to be super super hard or maybe even impossible to escape that pressure dimension of reasons to work. There are a lot of environmental aspects that need to be taken into consideration. Some Jobs require equipment, people or physiological conditions that can not be obtained by watching UA-cam videos or reading books. Also there will always be important jobs that most people would call "not enjoyable" which don't pay a lot of money either and are still very important. Would be interesting to see what would happen if everyone suddenly would try to become a content creator or something similar tho. Thanks for the video!
Never heard of ‘ikigai’ before. I’ve heard about the concept and philosophy of it before but now it is summed up in one word. I’ve added it to my daily meditation. Thank-you.
I'm so happy about this youtube recommendation. This video comes on to me at the right time. Everything that did you say it's so true, but sometimes we have afraid just to think about these things and I feel that life is so short to ignore these matters. Thank you for your courage!
Very powerful video, packed with powerful thoughts! Thank you for that! Being a data analyst myself, with almost 18 years of experience in the field, I must say, I can perfectly relate to what you’re saying, I’ve been there so many times too! :D I often envy people like you, who take a leap of faith at a relatively early stage and have the will to push it through all the way to success, I sincerely wish the best for you! For me, the ideal solution to the exact same problem seemed to be a cross between both worlds: we started a private business together with my wife a few years ago, which is building up real nicely, but I still have my data analysis career as a safety net. I don’t have the guts to call it “all-in” :D
Hey how to improve as data analyst i just graduated and got job as data analysts doing some basic salesforce work with 5000$ a year. Is there any advice i can get from both of you ?
Sir, you have best experience as data analyst. Please suggest guideline to build portfolio for beginner. 1. How many projects should be practiced? 2. Suggest Projects topics. 3. Where can be get new datasets for Projects? 4. Which niche is best for data analysis to make good money? 5. Where showcase Projects like linked In 6. Suggest a road map to start career as a data analysts. Thanks.
Cheers, Stef! As a junior data analyst aiming at that dream job, man it feels dauting to see your perspective! I mean, my greater purpose is to provide for my big family, but just thinking that it could be a boring job makes me go nuts! Imagine having like 7 kids and working a boring job. Well, it is what it is.
Take the job that pays you the high wage. Save and invest wisely. Perspective is everything. As someone with a family they come first, so they will appreciate you taking the “boring job”.
Most successful companies earn their revenue through boring products, you only hear about their fancy sexy money-losing loonshots in the news... boring pays the bills... stay boring
i quit my high paying tech job to allow my father to retire, manage his business and help it scale -- even though the transition period is tough, i feel like it'll all work out in the end. i will build the life that i want to live. thank you for sharing this video.
I was politically pushed out of my job, that I was freaking great at and exceeding all expectations, so now I’m working for myself freelancing. I’m still not making as much as I was, but I’m at home for all the little and important things, and I’m getting to watch my son grow. I missed so much for my daughter and I regret that so much. So I feel you when you say it’s tough, and I believe things will get better as time passes and I get better.
This is extremely well-said. I totally agree with everything being said here. I am currently a sophomore in college that pretty much lost in what I wanted to do with my life not too long ago. I was told and took lots of tests to see what I should major in and money was a big contribution to that and I chose accounting. The classes were horrible. I hated it and pretty much regretted doing that. After my first semester, I did lots and lots of research to see what I like and I stumbled across Computer science, specifically frontend engineering and it clicked. I was so interested and long-story short. I've learnt everything using the internet and I am very far ahead of my future classes. I decided to take a step and it was worth it. I recommend everyone to do what I did and please do not listen to what others, even your parents, think. It is ultimately your life, do whatever the fuck you want to do. Good luck and I hope everyone finds their why❤️
I have similar experiences. When I was about to start college, my dad suggest accounting as it is typical and consider safe for a girl. I hated the first class in account and stopped. I went for Computer Science because it was popular then. I am currently working in computer field for over a decade+. But my advice to you is, you are still young, only sophomore in college, as you experience life, learn things, and makes mistakes, your view changed. It is good to have a plan now but you have to be flexible and follow your heart. You comment seems you are set and this is it. Nothing is permanent. For example, have your own business is great but huge # of small businesses ran out of business during COVID. Who would guess this happened? We can be on the top of the day and at the bottom the next day.
sameeeee with accounting. Learning UX design now and will probably work with other frontend devs! Proud of you! I'm a bit older than you and I want you to know you made the right choice!
"As I said, I think it's scarier to know that you have the opportunity to create a life you want to have but chose to not do so and accept this kind of mediocre life where you're surviving instread of thriving." -Stefanovic Woooooooooooooooooooow!
just like right now. yout video is o value to me, that's why I am liking and following your page. thanks a lot for the insight. i am just starting my journey in data science, and I will be on your page for a long time
I thought this video was gonna be one of those silly videos selling you a fake life. Totally opposite. This is the most honest and down to earth video I’ve seen. Great work! Passion is clearly very present
I'm already on this process where I choose the internet over traditional education system and as Elon musk said we can learn anything basically for FREE! After seeing this video I would say that this video inspires and I'm not alone who is learning advance technologies and there are many more around the world and who supposed to in a way of achieving what they play!
Musk has multiple degrees though, and all his engineers have degrees too. So he obviously values formal education and certification in addition to self directed learning.
As the Son and Nephew of multiple Entrepreneurs…and now as one myself, I can’t applaud you more for realizing your place in this world and taking the courage and determination to find a “better way” to live! You are on the right path sir and I can tell you will go far! 💯💪🏼✊🏼
I love the last part of this video. Thank you for sharing. I was feeling a bit stuck these days but I am going to figure out if I wanna make another change in my life.
10:49 to 11:15 spot on ... Employees are actually not paid much as they don't take the entire risk of downfall of the company and they are getting regular income for that but they are the real assets because of the value they put in
I just came across your channel. I don't know anything about you or the type of content you create, but I will say this... If the content you create will be anything like this then I feel confident in saying you have already achieved your goal of creating a value based product/ service that will be around much longer that you. I am very serious when I say that the context of this video is not coming across as a "spoiled privileged millennial" but rather wisdom coming from someone that has had a life changing experience. I am close to 40 years old now and I too once had this very same epiphany. I had the dream job, in a dream, career, and uncommon level of success for a person with my education and age. I too had a "road to damascus" experience as well. I realized that in the grind and stress of performing my daily work that I was unhappy and unsatisfied with the lifestyle I was living. I knew that I was appreciative of the position I was in but I also knew I would regret if I lived the rest of my life like that I would look back and regret the rat race. So I did what you are doing now... well in a sense. I didn't focus on value based content creation but I decided to do something that I found value in. I did something that felt like play but gave me a sense of purpose. Over time the definition of play and the definition of purpose has changed, but the great thing about life is that you can change with it. We change as humans as we experience life. It isn't always such a clear cut thing that people try to make it. Life is like a walk in a forest. Sometimes you follow a trail, sometimes you cut your own. Either way, you are moving through this forest and you get to decide how you want to do it. One thing that you said that resonated with me is how we are expected to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives when we are so young and so inexperienced. I truly wish that more effort went into educating young people that there are a world of possibilities out there and just because you choose to do x,y, or z when you were 18, it doesn't mean you have to do this your entire life. Anyway, I just wanted to say congratulations on making your decision and wish you the best on your endeavors. This is a great video. Everything was well thought out and well produced. Good luck!!
I absolutely align with every single word you said and I am in the exact same position right now, just as a Data Engineer. Can't wait to see more from you, Stefanovic! Great and very relatable video! One day, we will create content together! Subscribed.
Go get to grad school, get tenure at any decent big state school or respected private school (top 100 in your field), then you can be truly permanent. You get to choose your field and specialization when applying for grad school programs and choosing an advisor, from there you can do the research you want as a professor so you really have little reason to not do what you love to do (unless you just hate all forms of research.) It might not be the best pay in every field, but you are lucky enough to be in a field where the pay for professors is respectable and can sustain a family for sure (depending on where you get after your post-doc, you could make anywhere between 200 - 800k a year with three months off of teaching each summer which allows you to really do some very interesting research over the year and then go all in with extra time for family each summer.) Not to mention, good professors in Computer Science will often turn their research in to successful companies (I know a friend who is still teaching two classes a year while focusing on informatics research and he puts out a company every 5-6 years, generally selling after getting past the startup phase. His latest venture was a digital health company built for mobile devices (with the primary focus being health data gathering to improve healthcare of the individuals and the larger population by understanding the data in large quantities) and while I am not allowed to publicly say what it sold for, lets just say think 8 figures (and they never raised any venture capital and instead applied for grants instead like professors do, bringing on a couple more respected professors from his university, each being a expert in their field doing state of the art work.) I just can't help myself from pitching the lifestyle to those looking for the kind of change you are looking for, not enough bright minds innovating and researching in the world right now, everyone is looking for the easy industry payout or looking to make it big with no safety net.
Jeetje, zit momenteel in mn tweede jaar applied mathematics studie, maar ik heb geen idee wat ik later na mn studie zou willen doen met m'n leven. Je video's triggeren wel om hier over na te denken, waarvoor dank!
Je hebt tijd zat man. Er is maar 1 manier om er achter te komen: probeer shit, doe van alles en nog wat. Reizen. Hobbies. Praat met verschillende mensen. Neem dan een besluit waar je je wat serieuzer in wilt verdiepen. Kijk of je het kan monetizen. In de tussentijd zal de wereld alleen maar sneller veranderen en dus meer kansen creëren voor je
I first watched your video about How you would become a data analyst faster if you were to start all over, then it brought me to this one. This was a strong reminder to focus on whats more important. Becoming a data analyst is important, yeah, but it is definitely limiting if that is all i want to be. Thanks for doing this video 1 year ago. I am certain it will inspire and motivate someone in 10, 20 and 30 years to come.
Good video. Im currently working in a IT company as a IT onsite supporter, and slowly I lose the sense to do that. This 9-5 time eats time unnecessarily. But I have not yet discovered a fire in me where I can do something else. :/
@@strongrakija2418 everything, until you find what you like. Have you tried snowboarding? have you tried cooking taco's? Have you tried brewing your own beer? skydiving? riding a motor? hiking in nature? take online course on philosophy? learn a new language? you see where I'm going with this? :p
Hey Stefanovic, keep up the great work! My sister-in-law and I are currently studying to become data analysts, and one of our ultimate goals is to open our own analytics firm sometime down the road. Your view on success is inspiring, and after giving it some thought, I'm convinced that our goal is a worthy one. Cheers!
Hey Stefan, thank you so much for your honesty in this video - I am really interested how you landed a 170k salary as a freelancer in Europe? I would really appreciate a response or maybe a video on how you did that, for those of us who are making much less with a safe job.
Hey Stefanovic the same thing happened to me, except I was in my 9 to 5 job 18 years before I finally took action. I wrote a book called "In your face 9 to 5" documenting the many different side hustles I tried in a bid to replace my income. Years later I'm certain I made the right choice, and I'm sure you have too. 👍
I barely felt my work was being appreciated and valued. Now, 44 with two kids, a mortgage and debts, I was made redundant from my job. So now, I believe, it's not too late. I'm opening my business. I will achieve this goal. Watching videos of all the successful young guys plus taking courses. I know at some point I will succeed. In fact, I feel I'm already successful. Deciding to stop working for egocentric CEOs is the best decision I have made. So now I have to hurry up and continue working in my dream business. I pray to God every single day. I pray for my business to succeed.
I'll be graduating the next semester. My early teenager dream was always tech/YT related (own channel etc). I'm in the cyber security industry and have always wondered how life will turn out eventually and I'm happy to say that I have few ideas similar to you, like getting experience and certificates, going freelance in an industry where the demand is high and earning good money and eventually starting a channel or blog. However how do you balance this with your private life? Cooking, working out, spending time with friends/family/gf, social events? Is always something I think about.
A very powerful message. I am 35 years old and am currently in the process of becoming a data analyst. But, this video is questioning my entire life plan.
don't forget one thing, he worked for 7 years before taking his new decision. He made money first, bought his house, setup his ground, he had extra money to invest and here it is. You'll need a push to find later which ways to continue.
What's up everyone! thanks for watching this video.
This was a difficult one to share as I talked about certain vulnerable topics I usually don't open up about that easily. Also it was really hard for me to not come across as a spoiled privileged millennial while making this video. I just wanted to share what I have been through in the last 7-8 years... I had dozens of moments where I was about to delete the whole video and just not publish it, as I thought it would do more harm than good. But after reading your comments, I'm so glad that this video was found helpful and inspiring by most of you. Know that you are not alone on this journey and always feel free to share your story in the comments below. I will try to reply to as many as I can.
Also, please don't quit your job tomorrow after watching this video :) The point of the video was to just share the lessons that gave me a different perspective on life and work and that made me decide to quit my job, start traveling the world and focus on building a completely different life. Hopefully it can at least trigger you to start thinking about your own life in a more deliberate way..
I post photos and stories of my journey more frequently on Instagram: instagram.com/stefanovic92 I also try to respond to every DM over there.
Cheers!
Good content, I full agree. Well done 👍 Thank you for sharing this video!
congrats on your content.
it was very motivating for me
I live here in Brazil where data analysts are apparently not so valued and need to have knowledge of programming and data engineers.
I'm going through financial difficulties, I stayed 2 days to eat, but I got a crowdfunding from some friends to buy food
it seems that many times my studies and technical skills are not enough to meet the demands of companies
thank you very much for the motivation
Massive respect for making such a big change in your life man! It's nice to get some perspective, this definitely helped me to see that we have more control over our career and lives than we sometimes think. Subbed + looking forward to future vids 👍
Very nice video thx
@Stefanovic I sincerely thank you for sharing your journey. What you shared is certainly not new, BUT it is REAL. And real wisdom never gets old. There are not enough real people, sincere people in this space. So HUGE thanks for not deleting the video. Your message finds me during a pivotal time in my life's journey.
What I learned:
1. People work for 3 reasons: 1) pressure - emotional or financial, 2) purpose - valuing the end result, 3) play - enjoying the process.
2. Success = doing work that feels like play, fulfills a purpose, and gets you paid.
3. Do work that compensates you based on the value you create, not on the time you put in.
Money
_Do work that compensates you based on the value you create, not on the time you put in_
- The boss that hires less workers than the minimum needed and keeps the few available underpaid and doing overtime just to pay them a bit more while threatening the ones who want to go home at the right time, so the "good workers stay more time" culture hold everything with iron fist:
I beg to differ on this. 🤭
@@Adri9570
First, if you don't want to be a worker, make your own business
Second, if you don't want to be paid little, go somewhere that pays more.
It isn't his fault people who choose to work for him let pressure drive their decision making.
@Liam vanDoorn only if you treat workers as special snowflakes who dont make their own choices
Very succinctly put, exactly what he said.
The fact that you kept the bloopers at the end says a lot about your character. Honest and down to earth. I appreciate your story and respect your courage. Great video.
If you have the opportunity to build the life that you want to live. It’s your responsibility to do so. Love it man!
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it is true I do not think many people have the chance so catch it when you have the chance
It’s true, I realized nobody will help you achieve your dreams except yourself
that first part of the sentence is so true. I know anyone can put the effort if they are willing to. I wish for as much people to have that opportunity.
😢 No pressure?! 😅
"You get paid for the amount of hours you put and not the value you give to the world"
Thanks bro for such a motivational and excellent explaination and differentiation between a job and working for yourself 👍🙂 keep it up
So true!!
This is why you always work with a 1099!! Commission based is the best because the work you put is the only way you get compensated
If we don't build up our dreams, another person will hire us to build up his/hers. What a courageous decision, I am convinced that time will reward you accordingly. I'll also follow your steps , cheers for us!!
My dream is to be hired by someone to build their dream.
@@lefeishen4438 ok what are you good at ? Let’s start there! 🎤
Ngl it's hard to start something in our current time with just from scratch; sacrifice and pricey to automate. Could lose it easily even with skills
But for that dreams requireds money and that's why we earn the money first or we say we work for another people's dreams. Just for earning a knowledge and money
@@hannesRSA I think it is ,but it's your mindset that set a part CEO's from workers.
Duuuude 🤯
I've watched many "I quit my job" videos, this is hands down the best of the bunch. In fact, that 3rd lesson is probably the best thing I have heard/watched on UA-cam.
Kudos!
Couldn't agree more - a great many thanks mate !!!❤😊
I love the outtakes hahaha. Thanks for being so transparent and including them. Practice makes better and no one is perfect.
So glad I ran across your channel! I’m also a data analyst by day. By night I’m turning my passion for architecture and 3d renderings into a side job. I’ve been doing architectural drawings since I was a kid and it’s like play to me. Got my first couple clients and every job feels just like I’m getting paid to play. Cheers!
That’s the goal man!
I need ur help sir
Wht is data analyst?
Wht will they create ?
Wht programming language they need to learn?
@@sangeethreddychejerla6527 SQL and some dashboard tools like tableau
Ao
Which tool you afe using for 3d renderings?
" Success = Doing work, that feels like play, fulfills a purpose and gets you paid " That one liner forced me to sub! Pure quality dude
Stefanovic you actually enlightened me on a foggy day thinking about my life and what I want to do next. Thank you for sharing your story and lessons with us, and please don't delete the video! You came cross extremely humble and I will continue to follow your journey as you create more content you love. Thanks again!
Dude, this, this is the content I want UA-cam to recommend to everyone. Not the bullshit that most try to sell. I thank you for this. And of course, the advice you give should reward you until the end of times. Thank you. I'm starting to thrive as of today, not just survive.
Brother, well done again! I remember that day at the park vividly (or the day at the beach in Mallorca). Control your life or others will do it for you, but lot of people are still ''sleeping" without realizing it. I have HUGE respect for you taking this decision and you are an inspiration to others!Who cut the onions in my room?
Thanks bro.. those moments are what life is about❤️🧅🧅🧅
Lol, we want to know more details about those onions haha
Stop cutting onions guys...Im tearing up
Believe me , you are delivering quality content to a Brazilian ! Continue !
The concept of tying your compensation to value you create, so you're compensated repeatedly over time, instead of only once for the point of creation, is a game-changer for people -- once they understand the difference. This is the most important point.
When working for an employer, we're paid one time to create something the employer will make money from for days, months, years. Figure out how to think more like the employer.
Exactly!
I'm glad I found this video. I just received an entry level job to the similar role and try to seek advice from those who have experiences. This video is an eye opening. Thanks so much for sharing, Stefan. You just got a subscriber!
Great video. The "Permanent job not so permanent" part really resonates. Since the pandemic started I saw a lot of friends losing their jobs and breaking down like you mention. So I'm of the same mindset as you, I don't want to ever have my life depend on one source of income that I don't control, really eye opening man.
Great video!
Pops up to my recommendation feed, and I’m obsessed with this kind of videos. Cheers bro! Keep it up!
I respect your awareness of time, your thoughts on value, and your insight into them all and how to create leverage from them.
When I lose motivation or think about short term comfort vs long term comfort I say a quote my wife shared with me:
"It is a long journey to success, and quitting won't get you there faster."
Your definition of success is the one I have never been able to relay to others in a clear, quick, and concise way.
I will be borrowing that, yet crediting you for sharing it. Be well, and good luck! I will be here for the journey, friend.
Glad to have you man. And what I meant with that definition of success is purely related to work. The overall definition of success is something more like: live a happy, healthy life surrounded by love and wealth(freedom)
This is so relatable as I am also a data analyst who is always longing to create value to people but got stuck in the loop due to financial and societal pressure. Your video is so inspiring and motivates me to take the next step ahead. Thanks man , keep it coming ! Cheers :)
Great storytelling, won't be surprised if that's how you explained data to the management guys as an analyst. More stories please!
Love your message. I’m a millennial pharmacist but I just started my content creation journey. All the things you said really resonate with me. Also your outtakes at the end… I make those dumb mistakes probably 1000x but you got the confidence to post it. Can’t wait to see your progress man!
Wow, you actually made me think differently about the careers I want to pursue. Well done. I am in my senior year Majoring in Accounting. I found myself not enjoying most of the work, and it is scary to imagine not finding a career I enjoy. You brought a lot of light on subjects that are not ofenly discussed.
What did you do?
7:01 that really hit me hard man, thank you soo much for this insight, so many people just dont stop to look around, they just mindlessly live for a very very long while, we really do need to spend our lives with more purpose and more meaning to us. Thank you 🙏🔥🔥🔥💸
Everyone should know the two main reasons you have a job:
1. The company expects to make more money from your work than it cost to employ you.
2. You want to get paid.
Most people are willfully ignorant and only think about the second reason.
So true!
(1) - many instances where that is not true
@@thalberg- what is the point of having employees then?
Hands down, one of the best videos out there! I believe most people should start every day with this video
What a great content and great story telling. This is your best motivation video you made until now. Be proud of yourself you managed to learn and became a great in job you did, quit that, and start from the scratch all over again, to build something that you really love to do. We are proud of you!
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Bravo, na dobrom si putu…sa ovim pitanjima se donekle zagrebe površina, ipak sa vremenom će se otvoriti i druga pitanja koja dotiču životnu suštinu. Malo ljudi, posebno tako mladih, stignu u životu i do ovih početnih pitanja. Sve najbolje, samo nastavi da istražujes samog sebe 😊
I'm in my third year of university studying computer science and you've definitely inspired me to take more risks in life, especially since I'm still quite young. Subscribed, can't wait to be a part of your journey. Cheers.
Samo nastavi,svaka cast za kanal i produktivnost overall ,velika si inspiracija svima!
This is a very important part on 7:27 when he says that if you are stuck in a 9-5 job, what you do during that time will determine the opportunities. If you don't work hard at least for some time and keep healthy finances, it is hard to quit the job and even have some time to rest and consider other opportunities. In my case I just quit from 7 years at tech support, and doing an effort to climb a few positions and having healthy finances allowed me to have enough savings to do this. Otherwise it is not possible if you have to pay expensive rent and got little to no savings.
Hvala Stefanoviću za podeljene mudrosti.
Bro, I love when you said I'm getting emotional here...since I subscribed I've noticed one thing about your videos, the quality, the transitions and the pedigree of content just lets your message stick. I really appreciate it. I'm on my way to pushing content myself out and work 9-5 so I got value for my time here. I appreciate you, Bro
I needed to hear this, you completely rescued me from almost giving up! Thank you for the words of encouragement!
You got a like a new subscriber! God bless!
1:20 Hey that’s Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭 Amazing lessons, amazing story telling, great video Stefan!
Thanks bro, and yes, I’m currently in Bangkok haha
@@Stefanovic92 one night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble...! ;-)
u can also do your remote teaching work @ UCSF from your BKK second home away from your bay area home.
Svaka čast na ovakvom klipu.Samo napred!
I'm glad I came across this video. I'm in a data analytics boot camp but I want to start an urban farm. I don't want to work my life away but I want more security. This gives me a lot to think about. I'd love to be a data analyst in the food industry but I don't see that often. Thank you for the perspective 🖤
How is the data analyst boot camp going? :)
Darn I never ever had this much clarity. But after listning to you , Your words are definitely valuable. Smashing that like button 👍
When you were talking about how crazy it is that we are expected to know what we want to do with our lives at 18 it felt like I was watching a video of myself. I have said that more times than I can count and as a father of 3, it's something I think about often for my kids.
The second video I’ve watched from you bro. First video was a like and a subscribe with all the bells… you’re on point and the emotional part near the end… bam 💥 loved it. Love your content. Thank you.
Seems to me you are a man who lives by faith, whether you realize it or not.
You hooked me with your philosophy. Good job.
Came across this randomly and this speaks to me at my current situation in more ways than i thought possible.
Inspirational content, very well done! However I would like to point out that for a lot of people it is going to be super super hard or maybe even impossible to escape that pressure dimension of reasons to work. There are a lot of environmental aspects that need to be taken into consideration. Some Jobs require equipment, people or physiological conditions that can not be obtained by watching UA-cam videos or reading books. Also there will always be important jobs that most people would call "not enjoyable" which don't pay a lot of money either and are still very important. Would be interesting to see what would happen if everyone suddenly would try to become a content creator or something similar tho. Thanks for the video!
thanks a lot my man! this video is very valuable for me, who is going through a phase of a quarter life crisis! cheers man
Stefan, I've been waiting for this video to pop up on my feed from you!! 🙌🏼
Congrats on taking the dive my dude; looking forward for more content! 🤙🏼
hello can you answer to the question how are you impacting society by working as a data analyst?
My man!! Great video, good to see you getting recognition
Hey bro, awesome to see you in the comments! Guess our coaching call was invaluable man👊
Never heard of ‘ikigai’ before. I’ve heard about the concept and philosophy of it before but now it is summed up in one word. I’ve added it to my daily meditation. Thank-you.
Cinematography is so good bro
Thanks bro!
Hey, great video! Completely agree with everything. It will be fun to follow your journey😊
I also loved the bloopers!
Great script and pacing on the info.
Great info too.
Congratz on the courage, thanks for sharing and doing it the best you know how.
I'm so happy about this youtube recommendation. This video comes on to me at the right time. Everything that did you say it's so true, but sometimes we have afraid just to think about these things and I feel that life is so short to ignore these matters. Thank you for your courage!
Thank you!!! I just love you and I don’t even know you. Love here is respect and appreciate.
Very powerful video, packed with powerful thoughts! Thank you for that! Being a data analyst myself, with almost 18 years of experience in the field, I must say, I can perfectly relate to what you’re saying, I’ve been there so many times too! :D I often envy people like you, who take a leap of faith at a relatively early stage and have the will to push it through all the way to success, I sincerely wish the best for you! For me, the ideal solution to the exact same problem seemed to be a cross between both worlds: we started a private business together with my wife a few years ago, which is building up real nicely, but I still have my data analysis career as a safety net. I don’t have the guts to call it “all-in” :D
I still have to prove if it was a wise decision or not :p but I wish you the best of luck with your endeavours!👊
Hey how to improve as data analyst i just graduated and got job as data analysts doing some basic salesforce work with 5000$ a year. Is there any advice i can get from both of you ?
Sir, you have best experience as data analyst.
Please suggest guideline to build portfolio for beginner.
1. How many projects should be practiced?
2. Suggest Projects topics.
3. Where can be get new datasets for Projects?
4. Which niche is best for data analysis to make good money?
5. Where showcase Projects like linked In
6. Suggest a road map to start career as a data analysts.
Thanks.
This is the kind of positivity and motivation I need in my life. +1 sub
Cheers, Stef! As a junior data analyst aiming at that dream job, man it feels dauting to see your perspective! I mean, my greater purpose is to provide for my big family, but just thinking that it could be a boring job makes me go nuts! Imagine having like 7 kids and working a boring job.
Well, it is what it is.
Take the job that pays you the high wage. Save and invest wisely. Perspective is everything. As someone with a family they come first, so they will appreciate you taking the “boring job”.
He left after he got some extra money, don't be a ___ watching youtube vids
Most successful companies earn their revenue through boring products, you only hear about their fancy sexy money-losing loonshots in the news... boring pays the bills... stay boring
One of the best videos I've seen on self-help in quite some time 👏
i quit my high paying tech job to allow my father to retire, manage his business and help it scale -- even though the transition period is tough, i feel like it'll all work out in the end. i will build the life that i want to live. thank you for sharing this video.
I was politically pushed out of my job, that I was freaking great at and exceeding all expectations, so now I’m working for myself freelancing. I’m still not making as much as I was, but I’m at home for all the little and important things, and I’m getting to watch my son grow. I missed so much for my daughter and I regret that so much. So I feel you when you say it’s tough, and I believe things will get better as time passes and I get better.
Dude, thanks for the pep talk! Onward and upward
This is extremely well-said. I totally agree with everything being said here. I am currently a sophomore in college that pretty much lost in what I wanted to do with my life not too long ago. I was told and took lots of tests to see what I should major in and money was a big contribution to that and I chose accounting. The classes were horrible. I hated it and pretty much regretted doing that. After my first semester, I did lots and lots of research to see what I like and I stumbled across Computer science, specifically frontend engineering and it clicked. I was so interested and long-story short. I've learnt everything using the internet and I am very far ahead of my future classes. I decided to take a step and it was worth it. I recommend everyone to do what I did and please do not listen to what others, even your parents, think. It is ultimately your life, do whatever the fuck you want to do. Good luck and I hope everyone finds their why❤️
I have similar experiences. When I was about to start college, my dad suggest accounting as it is typical and consider safe for a girl. I hated the first class in account and stopped. I went for Computer Science because it was popular then. I am currently working in computer field for over a decade+. But my advice to you is, you are still young, only sophomore in college, as you experience life, learn things, and makes mistakes, your view changed. It is good to have a plan now but you have to be flexible and follow your heart. You comment seems you are set and this is it. Nothing is permanent. For example, have your own business is great but huge # of small businesses ran out of business during COVID. Who would guess this happened? We can be on the top of the day and at the bottom the next day.
sameeeee with accounting. Learning UX design now and will probably work with other frontend devs! Proud of you! I'm a bit older than you and I want you to know you made the right choice!
One of the most valuable videos i have watched on youtube. Honestly. Great job
"As I said, I think it's scarier to know that you have the opportunity to create a life you want to have but chose to not do so and accept this kind of mediocre life where you're surviving instread of thriving."
-Stefanovic
Woooooooooooooooooooow!
just like right now. yout video is o value to me, that's why I am liking and following your page. thanks a lot for the insight. i am just starting my journey in data science, and I will be on your page for a long time
I thought this video was gonna be one of those silly videos selling you a fake life. Totally opposite. This is the most honest and down to earth video I’ve seen. Great work! Passion is clearly very present
You got a way with words man. Wouldnt be surprised to see you on a TED talk some day. Wish I had your motivation.
I'm already on this process where I choose the internet over traditional education system and as Elon musk said we can learn anything basically for FREE! After seeing this video I would say that this video inspires and I'm not alone who is learning advance technologies and there are many more around the world and who supposed to in a way of achieving what they play!
Musk has multiple degrees though, and all his engineers have degrees too. So he obviously values formal education and certification in addition to self directed learning.
Love it and beautifully said. You've inspired me. Thanks a bunch and wishing you all the best if success. ✨💖🇿🇦
As the Son and Nephew of multiple Entrepreneurs…and now as one myself, I can’t applaud you more for realizing your place in this world and taking the courage and determination to find a “better way” to live! You are on the right path sir and I can tell you will go far! 💯💪🏼✊🏼
I love the last part of this video. Thank you for sharing. I was feeling a bit stuck these days but I am going to figure out if I wanna make another change in my life.
Fair play brate, you're inspiring me more and more to do the same thing. The pain of discipline is always easier than the pain of regret 👊
Thanks, man! Shared with my friends...
You must be one good data analyst, im saying that because you analyzed the problem from the root and questioned everything
You are doing an amazing job with this channel. I find you message immensely valuable. Thank you for making them. You earned a new subscriber.
10:49 to 11:15 spot on ... Employees are actually not paid much as they don't take the entire risk of downfall of the company and they are getting regular income for that but they are the real assets because of the value they put in
Thank you... Lucky to finish watching your video at this deep night. Thank you...
I just came across your channel. I don't know anything about you or the type of content you create, but I will say this... If the content you create will be anything like this then I feel confident in saying you have already achieved your goal of creating a value based product/ service that will be around much longer that you. I am very serious when I say that the context of this video is not coming across as a "spoiled privileged millennial" but rather wisdom coming from someone that has had a life changing experience. I am close to 40 years old now and I too once had this very same epiphany. I had the dream job, in a dream, career, and uncommon level of success for a person with my education and age. I too had a "road to damascus" experience as well. I realized that in the grind and stress of performing my daily work that I was unhappy and unsatisfied with the lifestyle I was living. I knew that I was appreciative of the position I was in but I also knew I would regret if I lived the rest of my life like that I would look back and regret the rat race. So I did what you are doing now... well in a sense. I didn't focus on value based content creation but I decided to do something that I found value in. I did something that felt like play but gave me a sense of purpose. Over time the definition of play and the definition of purpose has changed, but the great thing about life is that you can change with it. We change as humans as we experience life. It isn't always such a clear cut thing that people try to make it. Life is like a walk in a forest. Sometimes you follow a trail, sometimes you cut your own. Either way, you are moving through this forest and you get to decide how you want to do it. One thing that you said that resonated with me is how we are expected to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives when we are so young and so inexperienced. I truly wish that more effort went into educating young people that there are a world of possibilities out there and just because you choose to do x,y, or z when you were 18, it doesn't mean you have to do this your entire life. Anyway, I just wanted to say congratulations on making your decision and wish you the best on your endeavors. This is a great video. Everything was well thought out and well produced. Good luck!!
Thanks for the kind words and wesome to hear you made that decision for yourself!💪
I am not sure how I came across this video but I am so glad I did. Thank you for sharing and much success on your future endeavors.
I absolutely align with every single word you said and I am in the exact same position right now, just as a Data Engineer.
Can't wait to see more from you, Stefanovic! Great and very relatable video!
One day, we will create content together!
Subscribed.
Go get to grad school, get tenure at any decent big state school or respected private school (top 100 in your field), then you can be truly permanent. You get to choose your field and specialization when applying for grad school programs and choosing an advisor, from there you can do the research you want as a professor so you really have little reason to not do what you love to do (unless you just hate all forms of research.) It might not be the best pay in every field, but you are lucky enough to be in a field where the pay for professors is respectable and can sustain a family for sure (depending on where you get after your post-doc, you could make anywhere between 200 - 800k a year with three months off of teaching each summer which allows you to really do some very interesting research over the year and then go all in with extra time for family each summer.) Not to mention, good professors in Computer Science will often turn their research in to successful companies (I know a friend who is still teaching two classes a year while focusing on informatics research and he puts out a company every 5-6 years, generally selling after getting past the startup phase. His latest venture was a digital health company built for mobile devices (with the primary focus being health data gathering to improve healthcare of the individuals and the larger population by understanding the data in large quantities) and while I am not allowed to publicly say what it sold for, lets just say think 8 figures (and they never raised any venture capital and instead applied for grants instead like professors do, bringing on a couple more respected professors from his university, each being a expert in their field doing state of the art work.) I just can't help myself from pitching the lifestyle to those looking for the kind of change you are looking for, not enough bright minds innovating and researching in the world right now, everyone is looking for the easy industry payout or looking to make it big with no safety net.
@@ghostbravo7127 huh?
Sve lepo rečeno, slično sam i sam zaključio. Radim sve kako bi živeo kako želim i iskoristio ostatak života na najbolji mogući način
Smarter, more positive, and better message than all of Djokovic's career
Don't underestimate the saint
This really is a beautiful piece. So glad I came across this!!!!!!!
Jeetje, zit momenteel in mn tweede jaar applied mathematics studie, maar ik heb geen idee wat ik later na mn studie zou willen doen met m'n leven. Je video's triggeren wel om hier over na te denken, waarvoor dank!
Je hebt tijd zat man. Er is maar 1 manier om er achter te komen: probeer shit, doe van alles en nog wat. Reizen. Hobbies. Praat met verschillende mensen. Neem dan een besluit waar je je wat serieuzer in wilt verdiepen. Kijk of je het kan monetizen. In de tussentijd zal de wereld alleen maar sneller veranderen en dus meer kansen creëren voor je
@@Stefanovic92 Goed advies.
I like your genuine videos . A lot of learning from here. Thank you
I'm 21 and this video is just oozing positivity and what we can achieve if we're on the right track . Great Job Stefan, you earned a sub!!
Nice, this video wanted me to know more of your journey to making this change. I'm watching and waiting with bated breath... Thank you
Nice work, with this one. You could have easily just made a 15 min one angle sit down video, but you've put a lot into this. I appreciate that.
It takes a fellow great content creator to notice this🙏
I first watched your video about How you would become a data analyst faster if you were to start all over, then it brought me to this one. This was a strong reminder to focus on whats more important. Becoming a data analyst is important, yeah, but it is definitely limiting if that is all i want to be. Thanks for doing this video 1 year ago. I am certain it will inspire and motivate someone in 10, 20 and 30 years to come.
Good video. Im currently working in a IT company as a IT onsite supporter, and slowly I lose the sense to do that. This 9-5 time eats time unnecessarily. But I have not yet discovered a fire in me where I can do something else. :/
That’s good, because now you get to try a lot of things until you find something you really like
@@Stefanovic92 yeah but I don't know what :D
@@strongrakija2418 everything, until you find what you like. Have you tried snowboarding? have you tried cooking taco's? Have you tried brewing your own beer? skydiving? riding a motor? hiking in nature? take online course on philosophy? learn a new language? you see where I'm going with this? :p
@@Stefanovic92 No I have not tried. Yeah I see it but that doesn't catcht me so :/
Thank you! The content means a lot!
Hey Stefanovic, keep up the great work! My sister-in-law and I are currently studying to become data analysts, and one of our ultimate goals is to open our own analytics firm sometime down the road. Your view on success is inspiring, and after giving it some thought, I'm convinced that our goal is a worthy one. Cheers!
Sounds like an awesome and definitely worthy goal to pursue, good luck on your journey!
It is always good to own your business.
This hits me down the core. Thank you bro. Keep it up. Liked & Subcribed
Odličan video 👌👆
The voice cracks are why I'm subscribing. Nice work man, thank you
Hey Stefan, thank you so much for your honesty in this video - I am really interested how you landed a 170k salary as a freelancer in Europe? I would really appreciate a response or maybe a video on how you did that, for those of us who are making much less with a safe job.
You are just changing my mind like 180. And giving me courage its like opening a door for me that i never knew it was there. Thank you handsome sir
Hey Stefanovic the same thing happened to me, except I was in my 9 to 5 job 18 years before I finally took action. I wrote a book called "In your face 9 to 5" documenting the many different side hustles I tried in a bid to replace my income. Years later I'm certain I made the right choice, and I'm sure you have too. 👍
Where can we get a copy of your extraordinary book???
@@robertm.-certifieddaytrade4939 Hello Robert, it is available on Amazon - Enjoy! 👍
I barely felt my work was being appreciated and valued. Now, 44 with two kids, a mortgage and debts, I was made redundant from my job. So now, I believe, it's not too late. I'm opening my business. I will achieve this goal. Watching videos of all the successful young guys plus taking courses. I know at some point I will succeed. In fact, I feel I'm already successful. Deciding to stop working for egocentric CEOs is the best decision I have made. So now I have to hurry up and continue working in my dream business. I pray to God every single day. I pray for my business to succeed.
I'll be graduating the next semester. My early teenager dream was always tech/YT related (own channel etc). I'm in the cyber security industry and have always wondered how life will turn out eventually and I'm happy to say that I have few ideas similar to you, like getting experience and certificates, going freelance in an industry where the demand is high and earning good money and eventually starting a channel or blog. However how do you balance this with your private life? Cooking, working out, spending time with friends/family/gf, social events? Is always something I think about.
I have the same questions.. btw I just graduated from business college and I’m freaking out lol.
this was really worth watching , thank you
A very powerful message. I am 35 years old and am currently in the process of becoming a data analyst. But, this video is questioning my entire life plan.
lol, don't let him dissuade you. It's an idealist garbage.
consider to quit from your existing job? :)
Yes, of course, all we need is even more youtubers. :/
don't forget one thing, he worked for 7 years before taking his new decision. He made money first, bought his house, setup his ground, he had extra money to invest and here it is. You'll need a push to find later which ways to continue.
@@unkmus Got it. 🙂
Thank you for the video! Great topic and huge boost of motivation. Hope you will build your dream live!