wp Creator Henry Smith on transitioning

I was working in local level politics. I worked for the mayor of the city of San Jose. I was managing environmental policy for him. And then I transitioned to the private sector. I was doing permitting and development for large wind and solar and hydrogen and battery storage projects, which was also super interesting. But I was doing local level community and government engagement for that. When I first started posting and first started getting a following, I told my manager, I was telling everyone, there's no way I'd ever quit my job to do content creation full time, because my job was so serious and it meant a lot to me. But then it started dawning on me that I could do just as much, if not more good, with a platform than I could, you know, being chained to a desk. And yeah, so the transition was interesting, but I made a promise to myself early on that I would, you know, continue to advocate for the things that matter to me with my platform.