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Dylan Patel

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Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Doing what?

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

I was, I was working in cameras.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

And then like I told.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

It tells too much about me.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Oh, come on.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

It's like I worked in cameras and then basically I went to Japan with my mom and mom was like, hey, you know, what are you doing in Taiwan?

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

I don't know what you're doing.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

I was like, all right, mom, I will go back to Taiwan and I'll make stuff for you.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

And I made videos.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

I would like go to the Chiang Kai-shek Park and be like, hi, mom, this park was this, this.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Eventually at some point you run out of stuff.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

But then it's like a pretty smooth transition from that into like...

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

you know history of Chinese history Taiwanese history and then people started calling me Chinonometry I didn't like that so I moved to other parts of Asia and now like and then so what year did you like start like what year was like people started watching your videos let's say like a thousand views per video or something oh my gosh that was not I started the channel in 2017 and it wasn't until like 2018 that 2019 that actually I labored on for like three years first three years with like no one watching like I had got like 200 views and I'd be like oh this is great

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Yeah.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Strong holding in a mid-tier size.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

There's like the luxury zipper makers.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

Asianometry is always just kind of like stuff I'm interested in.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

And I'm like interested in a whole bunch of different stuff.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

And the channel, for some reason, people started watching the stuff I do.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) โ€“ How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

And I still have no idea why.