my last day as a software engineer at Disney

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The video taps into the common desire for career change and entrepreneurship, using a relatable narrative of leaving a stable corporate job for a passion project. The creator's personal journey and the unexpected validation from the laptop returner create an engaging and inspiring story.

Summary

A software engineer announces his last day at Disney after working on Disney+ for 20 months. He reflects on his career path, transitioning from corporate to self-employment and back, and reveals he is now fully committing to his side project, a website called UGC Tank.

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1Announcing last day at Disney
2Reflecting on career path (2019-present)
3Introducing UGC Tank as the next chapter
4Returning company laptop and a sign of validation

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life update :)

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my last day as a software engineer at Disney after 20 months of working on Disney+ full time I'm moving on to my next chapter I've had a pretty unique career in my 20s so far 2019 I went from full time software engineer to quitting that job to being self employed 2021 to going back to corporate 2025 with this Disney job leading to now quitting my full time job to being self employed again why did I quit again honestly I'm just ready for my next chapter I turned 29 over the summer and I've been feeling the pressure I'm not quitting to just be a full time Youtuber like I did in 2021 a website I've been coding called UGC Tank my side project has been doing pretty well and there's no better time to go all in on it than now working at Disney was great I really was happier when I got the job it saved me from feeling burned out but I'm officially closing that chapter for UGC Tank I returned my laptop the guy I dropped off my laptop to said aren't you the guy with the UGC app that has got to be a sign

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Today is my last day as a software engineer at Disney after 20 months of working on Disney+ full time. I'm moving on to my next chapter. I've had a pretty unique career in my 20s so far. 2019, I went from full time software engineer to quitting that job to being self employed. 2021, to going back to corporate with this Disney job leading to now, quitting my full time job to being self employed again. Why did I quit again? Honestly, I'm just ready for my next chapter. I turned 29 over the summer and I've been feeling the pressure. I'm not quitting to just be a full time Youtuber like I did in 2021. A website I've been coding called UGC Tank, my side project, has been doing pretty well and there's no better time to go all in on it than now. Working at Disney was great. I really was happier when I got the job. It saved me from feeling burned out, but I'm officially closing that chapter for UGC Tank. I returned my laptop. The guy I dropped off my laptop to said, aren't you the guy with the UGC app? That has got to be a sign.