PJ Vogt

And he's like, did you know that every time I see you and you're like this, you've been by the fire? And every time I see you and you're like, things suck, you've not been by the fire? And like, do you understand that like a core part of your happiness is this fire?

And he's like, did you know that every time I see you and you're like this, you've been by the fire? And every time I see you and you're like, things suck, you've not been by the fire? And like, do you understand that like a core part of your happiness is this fire?

And he's like, did you know that every time I see you and you're like this, you've been by the fire? And every time I see you and you're like, things suck, you've not been by the fire? And like, do you understand that like a core part of your happiness is this fire?

Destin uploaded that first video January 2007, 18 years ago. YouTube was just his hobby at first, but the channel kept growing. Viewers kept arriving, eventually millions would. His experiments would get wilder.

Destin uploaded that first video January 2007, 18 years ago. YouTube was just his hobby at first, but the channel kept growing. Viewers kept arriving, eventually millions would. His experiments would get wilder.

Destin uploaded that first video January 2007, 18 years ago. YouTube was just his hobby at first, but the channel kept growing. Viewers kept arriving, eventually millions would. His experiments would get wilder.

And he'd find himself getting more and more ambitious when it came to the complexity of the concepts he wanted to understand and explain.

And he'd find himself getting more and more ambitious when it came to the complexity of the concepts he wanted to understand and explain.

And he'd find himself getting more and more ambitious when it came to the complexity of the concepts he wanted to understand and explain.

He even, in January 2016, got to interview then-President Barack Obama. Destin. Pleasure to meet you, Mr. President.

He even, in January 2016, got to interview then-President Barack Obama. Destin. Pleasure to meet you, Mr. President.

He even, in January 2016, got to interview then-President Barack Obama. Destin. Pleasure to meet you, Mr. President.

Destin, through all this, kept his day job, frankly, much longer than most successful YouTubers do. He had a channel watched by millions while also working full-time as a missile flight test engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense. But in 2018, he finally quits that job. He's now a full-time YouTuber, which is what he's doing in spring 2020 when the pandemic hits.

Destin, through all this, kept his day job, frankly, much longer than most successful YouTubers do. He had a channel watched by millions while also working full-time as a missile flight test engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense. But in 2018, he finally quits that job. He's now a full-time YouTuber, which is what he's doing in spring 2020 when the pandemic hits.

Destin, through all this, kept his day job, frankly, much longer than most successful YouTubers do. He had a channel watched by millions while also working full-time as a missile flight test engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense. But in 2018, he finally quits that job. He's now a full-time YouTuber, which is what he's doing in spring 2020 when the pandemic hits.

The pandemic will do a lot of things to a lot of people's lives. For Destin, the pandemic would start him on his quest to build a product in America.

The pandemic will do a lot of things to a lot of people's lives. For Destin, the pandemic would start him on his quest to build a product in America.

The pandemic will do a lot of things to a lot of people's lives. For Destin, the pandemic would start him on his quest to build a product in America.

In this video from April 2020, Destin's in an empty warehouse removing his face mask, explaining his plan to start 3D printing face shields to give to local doctors and nurses.

In this video from April 2020, Destin's in an empty warehouse removing his face mask, explaining his plan to start 3D printing face shields to give to local doctors and nurses.