SF Comedian Alexis Gay Brgs Us the Tech Versn of 'Sh San Francisns Say'

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.
• ALEXIS GAY (NON-TECHNIL)
• SF COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY BRGS US THE TECH VERSN OF 'SH SAN FRANCISNS SAY'
• ‘IT’S AN CREDIBLY VERSATILE PIECE OF PUNCTUATN’: COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY ON WHY THE EM DASH L
• ALEXIS GAY STATISTICS

ALEXIS GAY LEFT A REER TECH TO BE A EDY CREATOR. PERFECT TIMG

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.

COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY MAK FUN OF SILIN VALLEY. AND SILIN VALLEY LOV HER FOR IT.

”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.

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.

ALEXIS GAY (NON-TECHNIL)

”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.

SF COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY BRGS US THE TECH VERSN OF 'SH SAN FRANCISNS SAY'

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.

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.

‘IT’S AN CREDIBLY VERSATILE PIECE OF PUNCTUATN’: COMEDIAN ALEXIS GAY ON WHY THE EM DASH L

Failure, ” Gay says. CreatorsHow the former Patreon employee Alexis Gay ma the move om tech to full-time edy and ntent creatn.

ALEXIS GAY STATISTICS

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 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.