Patrick Shyu is a YouTuber and software developer who previously worked for Google and Facebook. Although he originally talked about programming on YouTube, the channel has evolved to cover more topics such as lifestyle, finance and cryptocurrency. Through high-paying jobs in tech and various online businesses, Patrick Shyu has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Background
Shyu is from Tokyo, Japan and finished high school at the Tokyo Institute Of Technology. In 2001, he moved to the US to study at the University of California, Berkeley. Patrick studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and graduated in 2005.
In 2006, the programmer finished a master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego. During this time, he began looking for internships.
Programming Career
To build up his programming resume, he took intern internships at Juniper Networks and Microsoft. After this, he worked as a software engineer for Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Groupon was his next company, where he was a member of technical staff. Here he worked on Groupon Goods, a physical goods store that is now shutdown. Shyu was hired by Google in 2014 as a technical lead on the core features of the YouTube iOS app.
After a four year stint at the search engine, he jumped ship in 2018 to join Facebook as a tech lead. Allegedly, he was fired by Facebook in July 2019 because of his YouTube channel. Since then, Shyu has been a full-time YouTuber.
YouTube Career
In 2016, Patrick set up a YouTube account but didn’t start uploading until 2018 while he was still at Facebook. He began sharing his experience and knowledge about programming.
Later, he began uploading videos about other topics as his audience grew. Occasionally, he talks about social and political issues. He has also criticized major cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Despite the criticism, Patrick Shyu released a crypto token, Million Token, and listed it on CoinGecko. Currently it has a market cap around $2 million.
Shyu owns the website, TechSeries.dev, and sells a Tech Interview Pro Training program. The main aim of the $500 course is teaching people how to pass coding interviews. The techie has two other courses: Coder Pro and YouTube Backstage. With his influence, he has attracted 1.46 million subscribers.
Net Worth and Earnings
As a self-made millionaire, TechLead has several income sources. His channel’s ad revenue generates about $90,000 and makes around $100,000 per year from affiliate marketing.
However, Patrick claims that his biggest income stream is Tech Interview Pro, which makes around $800,000 to $1 million every year. Shyu’s other courses make around $10,000 per month. With all of this, the YouTuber’s fortune is worth $5 million.
Personal Life
TechLead was once married to a Japanese woman named Reina Shyu and they have one son together. However, Patrick revealed in 2019 that his partner had unexpectedly taken their kid to Tokyo. He stated that money contributed to the steady deterioration of his relationship with his ex-wife.
