Comedian Alexis Gay, the host of the podst Non-Technil, talks wh Eric Johnson about her favore people she follows onle, on this episo of the Follow Friday podst.
Contents:
- ALEXIS GAY LEFT A REER TECH TO BE A EDY CREATOR. PERFECT TIMG
- COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY MAK FUN OF SILIN VALLEY. AND SILIN VALLEY LOV HER FOR IT.
- SF COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY BRGS US THE TECH VERSN OF 'SH SAN FRANCISNS SAY'
- ALEXIS GAY (NON-TECHNIL)
- NO. 198 - ALEXIS GAY TALKS COMEDY AND CREATIVE FREEDOM
- ALEXIS GAY & FRIENDS
- ALEXIS GAY
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ALEXIS GAY LEFT A REER TECH TO BE A EDY CREATOR. PERFECT TIMG
How the former Patreon employee Alexis Gay ma the move om tech to full-time edy and ntent creatn." name="scriptn * alexis gay comedian *
It’s been two years sce Alexis Gay qu her reer tech to plunge headfirst to edy, and, if she’s beg hont, that reckls nfince you feel pivotg away om somethg practil toward your passn has “a different vibe” now.
I was worse at , but was much easier, ” Gay says.
”Gay’s edic vios riffg on tech culture and everyday suatns earned her a cent social media followg, which she’s parlayed to live stand-up gigs as well as her weekly podst, Non-Technil, where she terviews fluential figur, cludg Alexis Ohanian, Kara Swisher, and Mark Cuban, about everythg but their résumé’s certaly not a bad posn to be after two years of htlg. But growg a platform has ma Gay very aware that she has one. But orr to be good at edy, you first have to be bad at edy, ” Gay says.
COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY MAK FUN OF SILIN VALLEY. AND SILIN VALLEY LOV HER FOR IT.
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Growg up, Gay’s sole ambn was to be an actor. “I immediately fell love wh entreprenrship, ” Gay says. ”Gay left actg further behd as she moved om Fevo to Twil, which also meant movg om New York Cy to San Francis.
“I realized how much of myself I had left back New York by movg away om actg, movg away om creativy, ” Gay says. ”Gay left Twil 2017. ”Gay took a job at Patreon 2018 nng creator partnerships, which was the perfect mix of her skill sets across partnerships, operatns, and now beg somethg of a creator herself.
Dpe Patreon beg “the bt job I’ve ever had, ” she says, Gay uldn’t shake what she’d been buildg onle wh her edy sketch. And I’m tellg everybody I’m gonna leave my job and be a edian, ” Gay says. ”Gay’s gamble has been workg out—a ltle too much, to her chagr, as she’s relearng how to let go of what people may thk of her.
SF COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY BRGS US THE TECH VERSN OF 'SH SAN FRANCISNS SAY'
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Look what Alexis Gay is dog, ’” she says. ”Gay adms her woeful lack of populary was due to rg too much about everythg she do, which is ironic now as she’s learng to let go of perfectn and refe succs durg the next phase of her reer as a edian.
ALEXIS GAY (NON-TECHNIL)
No. 198 - Alexis Gay Talks Comedy and Creative Freedom: Wh Jason Farr. In this stallment, we talk to person of edy Alexis Gay. Alexis is a lightful person and she brgs that joy to the podst. She talks wh Jason about gettg to the tech world after llege, livg San Francis, studyg improv, pursug edy, buildg an dience onle, the ia of blowg up, the world of Patreon where she also works, artists takg ntrol of their work for their eedom, and followg the l like a Caprirn lov to do. It's a great chat." data-id="ma * alexis gay comedian *
Failure, ” Gay says.
NO. 198 - ALEXIS GAY TALKS COMEDY AND CREATIVE FREEDOM
Envy and jealoy are natural feelgs that we all experience - sometim we worry ep down that there isn't enough happs and succs to go around. Comedian Alexis Gay jos Dr. Ey this Emotnal Ph-up to talk about the ncept of persn, i.e. takg joy others’ happs and succs. So take a ep breath and e flex this important emotnal mcle wh !" name="scriptn * alexis gay comedian *
CreatorsHow the former Patreon employee Alexis Gay ma the move om tech to full-time edy and ntent creatn. Photo treatment by Nile AlbumNot even a month to the panmic, Alexis Gay was lost, nfed, and pretty miserable. Alone her stud apartment San Francis, Alexis Gay turned to the same outlet to pe she always had: edy.
Like, ‘Ok, go ahead, ” Gay told Worklife. Gay had grown up wantg to be an actrs and had been mted to edy as a creative outlet on the si of her tech jobs for years. Gay then cid to post a short vio every week of shelter--place.
ALEXIS GAY & FRIENDS
Alexis Gay on her path to edy“I had a team of seven people, people I had ma a mment to, and when I realized I uldn’t hold up my end of the al, I knew I need to leave, ” she me up wh an ex strategy wh her boss, which clud startg her podst, Non-Technil, which she “terviews fluential lears om tech, bs, media, and beyond about everythg except their rum.
Guts so far have clud: Snigdha Sur (founr, The Juggernt)Ma Tariq (Chief Marketg Officer of GoFundMe) and Chris Sac (vtor)Alexis Gay: I Work Tech (like, actually)Lookg back at her early days, Gay never thought she’d get to tech, but creds her time the dtry for her current succs a creative field. ’”Straight out of school, Gay took a paid, hourly ternship at a 17-person tech start-up wh the tent of g the money to pay the bills while she dned for actg rol.
”How did Alexis Gay end up SF? Alexis Gay on navigatg tech as an entertaer“Twil is an amazg pany and they ntue to csh , but I found myself unhappy at that job, so I took improv class as a way to pe tech bee was so all nsumg. ”At a crossroads, Gay ma a big move that went agast her ner love for a plan: she left Twil and took time to figure out what she actually wanted to do.
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"How Alexis Gay built momentum wh creative challeng Wh that md, she me up wh a creative challenge: make a one-mute vio every day for 30 days. (Full circle: Gay recently terviewed Yass on Non-Technil and nsirs him a iend.
)Alexis Gay created a private Instagram acunt to post to.
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Once Alexis Gay started both gag nfince and gettg better at the vios, she opened the acunt to more iends, and eventually ma public.