Tom Kelsey, 26, has decided to leave his advisory role to become a full-time YouTuber on the management game Football Manager. According to him, his channel allowed him to double his salary.
Like many people in recent years, Tom Kelsey, a 26-year-old British man, decided to quit your “traditional” job to become a full-time YouTuber. As our colleagues from the BBC explain, the young man has been at the head of a YouTube channel specializing in the management game Football Manager (called TomFM) since he began his studies at the University of Nottingham. Trent University.
When he started out, he never imagined he could turn this hobby into a full-fledged job, and above all make a comfortable living from it. In August 2022, he chooses to leave his position as a business support assistant on Lincolnshire County Council. A risky decision at first, which ultimately paid off for the former municipal councilor.
“As for the money I make now, it’s double what I made in my full-time job before working on YouTube,” he assures the BBC. He pursues : “For me, being able to earn this money while being my own boss, having my own choices and not working for anyone else, is the best.”
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Today, his YouTube channel dedicated to Football Manager has no less than 128,000 subscribers and records around one million views per month, with an average of three videos published per week. “I can easily spend 50-60 hours a week playing Football Manager, which might seem to drive some people crazy, but it’s a dream for me,” he proclaims.
For beginners, Football Manager is a license well known to football fans which is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2024. This management game from Sports Interactive puts you in the shoes of a manager of a football team. Unlike FIFA or PES which generally invites you to control the players on the field, Football Manager gives pride of place to the overall vision. You will have to manage your team’s tactics, the shape of your squad, but also transfers by interacting with players’ agents and intermediaries or even your club’s budget.