Joshua Fluke is a software engineer and content creator known for sharing his tips on computer science, job interviews, lifestyle, and more. He has also built a reputation for criticizing tech culture, standard job hiring processes, LinkedIn, and Silicon Valley. As of 2023, 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 who occasionally appears in his son’s videos. Michael is a major inspiration for the beliefs that Joshua has grown to follow.
He is from the United States, but he completed higher education in Finland. He spent seven years at college, switching around community college, engineering college, and eventually to a foreign university.
Young Joshua majored in a variety of fields, but he settled on one that focused on mechanical engineering. After graduating, he went back to the US in hopes of kick starting his career.
Career Beginnings
The fresh graduate landed his first job in Utah after a long period of applications, interviews, and rejections. There, Joshua worked as an equipment engineer. However, he did not enjoy the position.
When the company he worked with decided to create a corporate webpage, Fluke took his shot at it. Then, he found his new passion in website and software development.
On his days off from his mechanical engineering work, he ended up getting a part-time developer gig. One day, he quit his job and pursued a programming career. He got hired by startups and established companies.
YouTube Career
Even before he focused on becoming a developer, Joshua was already uploading on his personal YouTube channel. He made his first upload in 2010 and at first, he made gaming-related content. He soon diversified his video categories and slowly got traction.
He tackled health, lifestyle, college, coding tips, and various editing tutorials. Perhaps his most prevalent topic is how to land your dream job. He also launched a website relating to it. It’s called GrindReel.Academy, which has paid and free courses.
Joshua also became known for his 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 504.000 subscribers.
Net Worth and Earnings
It is estimated that Joshua Fluke’s YouTube channel makes around $40,000 every year from ad revenue. Other aspects of his social media ventures, such as sponsorship deals and affiliate marketing, have an undisclosed figure. Plus, he earns as a developer.
As for his online courses, Fluke currently has eight courses on his website. Five of them are paid and the rest are free. However, it is also unknown how much Joshua makes from this annually. Still, $500,000 is a reasonable estimate of his net worth.
Personal Life
Joshua Fluke is currently dating an unnamed HR worker, which came as a shock to many of his viewers, considering that he isn’t a fan of many corporate systems. 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.
