Iam 26 M. I did my civil engineering in 2018 and then worked as a civil engineer for a year then covid happened and i taught myself coding and got a job in a small startup and worked there as a software engineer for 1 year and now my father wants me to take over his business (manufacturing and packaging of mineral water) Which he is running for the past 8 years. My parents only chose enroll me in civil engineering which i regret now because that field is very bad and so not suitable for me and now with the business also they are forcing me to do so because they dont want to sell it.

The thing is what i really like is making youtube videos which iam doing side by side because when i was working 9-5 as a software engineer i had all the time outside of my job for my youtube channel. But now that iam again helping my dad in his business eventually i have to take over everything. In this business we have to work 12 hours a day and 7 days a week (mostly be present at the factory and just monitor people). People who will be suggesting to hire someone, here you cant trust most of the people because the transaction is mostly done with cash.

Regarding my youtube its not a big channel but its doing good recently…i atleast want some free time to make youtube videos and edit them (which takes a lot of time) and i cant tell my parents about youtube because they have a mindset of the old generation so they can’t understand it.

The money from the business is decent but i just cant seem to sit here the whole day do some 2-3 hours of work 24/7 without any weekends. I just dont see myself doing this for the next 20 years. Iam really passionate about my youtube and i know i will pop off one day.

My plan was to work 9-5 and do youtube in the remaining time. Youtube is my long term goal.

What are your thoughts about this? Should i take over the business and give very less time to youtube or do my 9-5 and do youtube side by side?

  • Tenable-Ask-7526@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Why not combine YouTube and the family business? Start a new channel and take viewers on a journey with you as you begin this new venture into the family business.

    • AstronautParticular8@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Also, you could make this (‘old labor intensive manufacturing’) into a full blown automation using your sw skills and make a YT from it.

    • Overthinkerandy@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That sounds interesting but the thing is iam more into gaming/funny videos than business focused one also where i live no one would be interested to watch that type of video and they will find it boring enough and after 2-3 videos its basically the same stuff over and over again cant make a youtube out of it atleast i cant maybe someone more talented than me can

      • KinkyBADom@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Unless you’re doing YouTube videos in a local language that no one else understands and only in that local language, your videos are able to be seen and understood anywhere in the world. So it wouldn’t matter whether people near you would or would not be interested.

    • delvedame@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Sounds great, but it doesn’t address having to run the fam biz 24/7. It will tie into it, and put more pressure on staying in it.