In the past year I’ve effectively reinvented my public identity as a live-streamer. That wasn’t the goal initially, but it’s been one of the most fun journeys I’ve been on in a long time, and I’m glad I did it.
For many of the people discovering me now, that’s what they know me as, but what they don’t know is the 10+ years of public presence I had pre-streaming. Since 2012 or so, I’ve been on Twitter and blogging (to a lesser extent) as part of the tech & infosec scenes, sharing random projects I was working on, or things I learned about.
In 2019, I revamped my blog and wrote a few viral blog posts about Linux kernel internals. This was the start of reinventing myself as a blogger. Around that time I started posting a lot more on Twitter also.
And now in 2024, I’ve started streaming and funnily enough, that has had more traction for me than any other project I’ve had before. So I guess that makes me a streamer now — until the next self reinvention!
So, be careful of getting stuck in self identities that you’ve historically created, but don’t have intentional reasons to maintain. Don’t be afraid to try new things — even if they potentially reshape your entire identity.
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