- Welcome to the 400,000 subscriber
Q and A it's a tad bit late
but I've finally gotten the time to do it.
Let's jump into it.
I just finished my workout.
(Betty grunting)
Still working on the biceps.
I don't think I have any mosquito bites.
That must be my bicep.
You want to start making custom keyboards
and you have no clue where to start.
Switchandclick.com.
We have a really good guide.
I wrote the guide when I was first learning how
to build a keyboard.
So it should be very pertinent to any beginners.
How did I get into keyboards?
So I used to be a Twitch Dreamer
back in my, you know, college days
streaming Call of Duty and Overwatch and whatever else.
And I had a keyboard.
It was really loud and everyone didn't like it.
So they were like, girl, go buy yourself a new keyboard.
So I did, and it was a Drop CTRL
and it was really, really, really expensive.
And I wanted to make it better because it was so expensive.
Why wasn't it good to begin with?
That's how I got into the hobby.
How many keyboards do I have?
I have about 30.
I am planning the biggest custom keyboard auction
at the end of the year.
All profits go to charity.
It'll be a really good time.
I'll have like an official auctioning platform
and everything.
My favorite keyboard.
Hmm.
That's a tough one.
I don't actually use this keyboard all the time.
I guess it's the official stream keyboard.
The Nova65.
I do not play osu!.
No, the only things I play nowadays are Stardew Valley
and Age of Empires 4.
This one's Indie.
She's six years old and this one's Oggie.
He is four months old and they're very cute.
FitLabb says crazy that it's only been two years
and look how far we've come.
What are your goals with both your channel
and any relevant personal goals this year?
I have four goals this year personally.
One is to go on a real vacation
and not a business trip combined with a vacation
but an actual vacation.
Second goal is to improve life balance health.
So fitness, mental health, sleeping
and that's been going really well.
And then my third goal is to improve my improv skills.
So being on camera, being live.
So I'm doing like improv classes.
After my improv classes,
I'll probably do some voice acting or acting.
One of the two but I think it'll just be fun
getting to meet people.
Who knows what other people in improv do for a living?
But I'm sure it'll be a fun time.
And then my last goal revolves around launching merch.
That's actually coming today.
This is the pocket tee.
Everything will ship in about one to two weeks.
They do ship internationally.
Merch does not come with the cats.
Get your own cat.
It's my cat.
What's my favorite switches and Jake's favorite switches?
I really like Gateron Milky Yellows.
I know like they're sort of budget or whatever
but I think they sound amazing.
And then Jake likes whatever I put in his keyboard.
Any cool keyboard tech features you wish existed?
I know this would be crazy expensive if it did exist
but a keycap set that changes to whatever color
you want it to.
Like that color changing car,
that but on keycaps would be just nice.
How long did it take you to start getting products
from brands to review?
It took like six months in the beginning.
I was buying a bunch of like budget stuff.
And if you go back into the backlog, you can tell
like we did a lot of Redragon videos
and a lot of like Tecware Phantom.
So a lot of budget stuff that was all our own money.
And then even eventually stuff started coming in
but it was pretty budget too.
Is YouTube your full-time job?
Yes. It's been my full-time job since June of 2020.
Is there a possibility of a future setup tour?
I would say yes
except I'm really lazy in filming things like that
but I could probably just tell you what they are.
So the mic is a Electro-Voice RE20
and I connect it to a GoXLR.
The current stream computer is sort of bad.
It's a PowerSpec PC from Micro Center.
My main PC for editing.
I built that myself.
Do I ever miss my old job, working with kids?
That's a good question.
I like working with the kiddos.
It's just, I didn't like the job that it entailed
like commuting and showing up on time.
So I was living in Kirkland, Washington
like the first time COVID came to the US and I got sick
I think the end of February in 2020.
And I contacted my like supervisor
and I was like, Hey I'm feeling really sick,
like, should I stay home or whatever?
And she was like, I'm not responsible for your decisions.
I'm like, okay, whatever.
I made the decision to stay home.
But then I felt really guilty about staying home.
And like, that sucks.
Like why should I feel guilty for staying home
when I'm looking out for everyone else?
I'd love to know your opinion on what tactile switch
has the best bump.
I know someone in my discord who would tell you
the correct answer
and we're working on a switch guide kind of thing.
So I think that'll be a really good resource
but right now I cannot answer that.
What do you think of the Rama Works M60-B?
Gonna be your first ever group buy?
What's that look like?
That looks cool.
It's like a HHKB kind of layout.
I don't know much about it, but it looks good.
Hey, it even comes with PE foam.
Yeah. The discord's super helpful.
They can answer all your questions about keyboards.
How are you so funny?
I'm not.
You ever play or enjoy watching sports?
If so, which ones?
I used to play ultimate frisbee
but now I just do yoga and I do bouldering.
And that's about it.
What is your favorite pre-built?
Maybe the IQUNIX, the cosmic explorer one.
So everything about the explorer was really nice
except for the price.
So expensive.
I don't know how that heck this editor makes these
chills streams into energetic, fun videos.
He knows how to cut very well.
We really like him.
Record words per minute is 150.
I did that one time and never again, never again since.
What do people think when you tell them you do
keyboard videos for a living?
I don't know.
I feel like that's the wrong thing to say.
You shouldn't say that to someone
cause then they'll stop talking to you.
What you say is like, oh, I'm a YouTuber.
And they're like, oh, about what?
And then the best thing you do is just
show them the channel.
And after that they're like, oh cool.
What are your favorite mods?
Everyone loves tape mod.
I do not love tape mod.
I like, I like really easy things
like pre-lubed switches and syringe stabilizers.
Just quick and easy that don't involve
taking everything apart.
The real question of the day is
how Switch and Click makes money.
One, which is a new one is selling things
like selling the merch.
The next biggest thing is brand deals.
And that's when a company
gives you money to like showcase a product
or do a 60-second ad integration
which you've probably seen in some videos.
The next thing after that is AdSense.
On YouTube, there's ads that show in videos
and that's part of it.
And then we have some websites that also have ads.
So we make money off that.
There's affiliates.
So if you see links, like for example
the Secretlab link thing right here
that is an affiliate link.
If you clicked on that and buy something
we get a cut depending on what they offer.
I'm not 100% sure what the Secretlab percentage is.
What is the most expensive video so far?
I think I can answer that.
This one, the best mechanical keyboards of 2021.
That one was a very expensive video.
Cause we bought all those keyboards.
What was the first keyboard you ever modded?
The Drop CTRL.
So many mods went into that keyboard.
When did you start a YouTube channel?
We came up for all the ideas, January 5th, 2020
but we started everything January 6th, 2020.
Best way to get started on YouTube.
Read Derral Eve's book.
It'll help you do everything.
Ooh.
How is it that you decided to go flip your
entire content around from standard reviews
to a bit comedy centric content?
It is more fun.
Can you imagine reviewing for a year?
You just get sick of it.
How to quiet shout?
You like speak louder
but not too loud that you are screaming.
Why do you hate full size keyboards?
Look at me.
I'm so small.
To use a full size keyboard is just pain.
It's just pain.
Was there ever a point that you thought
about quitting YouTube and going back to a normal job?
No. You can't compare working for yourself
versus working for someone else.
Like right now we can take all the skills that we have
translate it to another company
and still not work for someone else, which is the win.
How old are you and Jake?
I'm 27 and he's 26, but he's is almost 27.
How do you find good group buys?
I always check this site called like MechGroupBuys
and then I'll just scroll and be like, oh, Hey
that looks cool, but oh, I can't afford it.
Oh, Hey that.
Oh, but I can't afford.
Oh that I can't.
Oh, that's affordable I guess.
Is the knob life, the right move?
The knob life is always the right move.
That's how you get the people that you like
to like you back.
The knob.
Okay, that's the only way.
Thank you so much for watching the Q and A.
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