Joel Kim Booster

Um, like I wrote my first pilot mostly at work, like five to six hours a day writing at my desk at work and then, you know, sending the few emails I needed to send.

Very proudly.

It sounds ridiculous, but I was doing more work than most of my coworkers were.

I quit my job to work for Billy on the Street, actually, for Billy Eichner.

And that was a really scary thing to do because at that time, the way that show worked was it was a week-by-week contract.

Every writer found out on Friday if they were coming back on Monday.

And you wouldn't know much beyond that.

And so thank you.

Yeah, I had a blast writing for it.

My contract was two weeks to start.

And then after those first two weeks, it was a roll of the dice.

I didn't know if I'd be asked back.

I didn't know if I'd continue to have this job.

And you knew that beforehand.

So you're looking over the end of a cliff.

Yeah.

It was just one of these things where, you know, I had been getting some work prior to that that I would take time off to do.

And then it just got to the point where I needed to bet on myself a little bit because.

The safety net of having those jobs wasn't necessarily holding me back.

Like I said, I was able to manage my time in a way that I was able to do a lot of creative work on the side and at work.