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?
a lot of people on here are correct - Youtube is an uncertain future.
however, this water business… what’s the ownership plan? your folks sure like the money they are making and but the effort is getting tiresome. are they looking to give it to you outright? have you obtain ownership over time while earning a salary? or are they hiring a trusted family member to do their jobs while keeping the money and the business?
if you aren’t interested in water or drinks packaging and selling you aren’t going to make that work and at 12 hours a day every day it doesn’t sound like your folks did either.
So basically the management here is tiresome because there are always fights among the workers and the managers and the machines get bust up Randomly so you have to be present there all the time. Working for 12 hours a day is because you have to provide service to existing customers no matter what so 12 hours is the avg