Joshua Fluke is a software engineer and content creator known for sharing his tips on computer science, job interviews, lifestyle, and more. The YouTuber has built a reputation for criticizing tech culture, standard job hiring processes, LinkedIn, and Silicon Valley. Joshua Fluke has an estimated net worth of $500,000.
Early Life
Fluke was born on July 17, 1990. His father, Michael Fluke, is a mechanical engineer and occasionally appears in videos. Michael is a major inspiration for the beliefs that Joshua follows.
Josh spent seven years at college, moving around community college, engineering college, and eventually to a Finnish university to be with his wife. Young Joshua majored in different fields, but settled on mechanical engineering and returned to the US after graduating.
Career Beginnings
The fresh graduate landed his first job in Utah after a round of applications, interviews, and rejections. There, Joshua worked as an equipment engineer and didn’t enjoy the position. Next, he discovered a passion for software development.
On days off from work, he ended up getting a part-time developer gig. One day, he quit his job and pursued programming full-time. This helped him get jobs at various startups but only stayed in the roles for a short period.
YouTube Career
Even before focusing on becoming a developer, Joshua was already uploading videos on YouTube. He made his first upload in 2010 and at first, he made gaming-related content. Soon he diversified his content and slowly got traction.
He covers college, coding tips, lifestyle and editing tutorials. Perhaps his most prevalent topic is how to land your dream job. He launched a website called GrindReel.Academy, which had paid and free courses. It now appears to be inactive.
Joshua also became popular for blunt criticisms of corporate working environments. Some of his most controversial videos are those claiming that LinkedIn isn’t a trustworthy website. These kinds of videos have helped him gain over 603,000 subscribers.
Net Worth and Earnings
It’s estimated that Joshua Fluke’s YouTube channel makes around $40,000 in annual ad revenue. Other aspects of his social media ventures, such as sponsorship deals and affiliate marketing, have an undisclosed figure. Plus, he earns income working as a developer.
As for his online courses, Fluke had eight courses at GrindReel.Academy. Five of them were paid and the rest were free. However, it is unknown how much Joshua made from this annually. Now he earns money from a Patreon account and sells resume reviews and coaching on teachable.com. Still, $500,000 is a reasonable estimate of his fortune.
Personal Life
Currently Joshua Fluke is dating an unnamed HR worker, this came as a shock to viewers, considering that he isn’t a fan of corporate environments. Still, the two seem to have a healthy relationship. In the past, Joshua was married to a Finnish girl when he was 20 but got divorced at 24.
