Fallthrough

Everyone can be a content creator. Whether it's posting long form content on YouTube, shorter content on TikTok, or photos on Instagram, content creation is accessible to all. In this episode, Angelica and Matt are joined by Benjamin Bryant to talk about what it takes to become a content creator. This episode contains extra chapters for supporters.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue (00:00:00)
  • Chapter 1: Introducing Ben Bryant (00:02:20)
  • Chapter 2: Starting Out In Content Creation (00:03:32)
  • Chapter 3: Self Preparation for Making a Video (00:06:26)
  • Chapter 4: Finding Your First Content (00:09:47)
  • Chapter 5: Hows the Channel Going? (00:17:41)
  • Chapter 6: How Much of You Do You Show in Your Content? [Supporter Only] (00:31:01)
  • Chapter 7: Matt's Journey to Content Creation [Supporter Only] (00:31:34)
  • Chapter 8: Finding Your Why (00:32:06)
  • Chapter 9: How Do You Find The Fun? (00:38:21)
  • Chapter 10: Dealing With Negative Comments [Supporter Only] (00:54:04)
  • Chapter 11: YouTube vs On Stage (00:54:52)
  • Chapter 12: What Does Success Look Like? (01:03:03)
  • Chapter 13: Ben's Viral Videos (01:16:58)
  • Chapter 14: Final Thoughts (01:26:25)
  • Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions (01:28:47)
  • Epilogue (01:35:53)

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  • (00:00) - Prologue
  • (02:20) - Chapter 1: Introducing Ben Bryant
  • (03:32) - Chapter 2: Starting Out In Content Creation
  • (06:26) - Chapter 3: Self Preparation for Making a Video
  • (09:47) - Chapter 4: Finding Your First Content
  • (17:41) - Chapter 5: Hows the Channel Going?
  • (31:01) - Chapter 6: How Much of You Do You Show in Your Content? [Supporter Only]
  • (31:34) - Chapter 7: Matt's Journey to Content Creation [Supporter Only]
  • (32:06) - Chapter 8: Finding Your Why
  • (38:21) - Chapter 9: How Do You Find The Fun?
  • (54:04) - Chapter 10: Dealing With Negative Comments [Supporter Only]
  • (54:52) - Chapter 11: YouTube vs On Stage
  • (01:03:03) - Chapter 12: What Does Success Look Like?
  • (01:16:58) - Chapter 13: Ben's Viral Videos
  • (01:26:25) - Chapter 14: Final Thoughts
  • (01:28:47) - Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions
  • (01:35:53) - Epilogue

Creators and Guests

Host
Matthew Sanabria
Matthew is an engineering leader focused on building reliable, scalable, and observable systems. Matthew is known for using his breadth and depth of experience to add value in minimal context situations and help great people become great engineers through mentoring. Matthew serves the Go community as a member of GoBridge. In his spare time, Matthew spends time with his family, helps grow his wife's chocolate business, works on home improvement projects, and reads technical resources to learn and tinker.
Producer
Angelica Hill
Guest
Benjamin Bryant
London-Based Software Engineer, International Public Speaker and Former Lead Organizer of London Gophers (the largest Go Meetup in the World) with 6 years work experience.
Producer
Kris Brandow

What is Fallthrough?

A deep and nuanced conversational podcast focused on technology, software, and computing.