I Quit My ₹50,000 Job to Become a Full-Time YouTuber - 6 Months Later, Here's What Actually Happened
"Tu pagal hai kya?" "YouTube se kya hoga?" "Stable job chhod raha hai?" These were the exact words my family said when I announced I was quitting my comfortable ₹50,000/month software job to become a full-time YouTuber. My dad didn't talk to me for a week. My relatives thought I'd lost my mind. Six months later, I'm making more money than ever, working from anywhere I want, and finally doing what I love. But the journey wasn't what I expected AT ALL. Here's the brutally honest truth about what really happens when you bet everything on YouTube in India. The Corporate Trap That Broke Me Picture this: 9 AM to 9 PM in a Bangalore IT company, fighting traffic for 2 hours daily, pretending to be busy in meetings that could have been emails. Sound familiar? I was earning ₹50,000 per month, which sounds decent until you realize: ₹15,000 went to rent (shared PG) ₹8,000 for food and transport ₹5,000 for EMIs and family support ₹22,000...