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💠 My complete productivity system: https://fokus.so I talk to @skate702 about his exit from the Let's Play scene, the consideration of doing a Master's and even a doctorate, his research and his secret music channel. Playlist with all podcast episodes: https://bit.ly/2U4DLyE Sebastian Hahner aka skate702 is a veteran of the German YouTube scene. For 11 years he produced videos and live streams mainly about the game Minecraft, his content has more than 55 million views. But now he has announced a major turning point: There will no longer be Let's Play videos on his channel. Sebastian has decided against a career as a full-time YouTuber and for a career in computer science research. In this episode we talk, from computer scientist to computer scientist, about the difficult life decisions from bachelor's to master's to PhD, about Sebastian's research in the field of confidentiality and, last but not least, about his fairly secret music channel. Follow Sebastian: ► / skate702 ► / skate702 📢 Viewer survey: https://forms.gle/p8xZt3Ag2LYZGewq9 💌 Newsletter: https://niklassteenfatt.com/ ▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Welcome 4:54 - Why computer science? 7:52 - Skipped a grade 9:25 - Why research instead of YouTube? 17:50 - Giving autographs, being recognized on the street 21:07 - Financial dependence on YouTube 25:39 - Is a doctorate worth it? 27:26 - Is a master's degree worth it? 30:40 - Who is research right for? 34:04 - Self-doubt during the doctorate 36:06 - Why study computer science at all? 38:59 - skate702 & The Morpheus tutorials 40:48 - Let's Play scene and educational scene on YouTube 48:05 - Confidentiality, architecture, security - Sebastian's research 53:07 - Confidentiality on Facebook 54:02 - How practical is his research? 59:07 - Levels of abstraction in computer science 1:06:55 - Sebastian's secret music channel 1:14:41 - Why does he hide his number of subscribers? 1:16:17 - MrBeast's foresight 1:17:50 - skate702 as an educational YouTuber - a new beginning 1:20:28 - The podcast episode ends far too early 1:22:38 - Outro Achieve your goals now: https://fokus.so