Ted's Background
I've always enjoyed being creative. Drawing, painting, playing instruments, tinkering were among my hobbies.
My parents introduced me to dinosaurs, the space, geography and history, which is why I learned to think about the world outside my school or neighbourhood.
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Growing up in Berlin, I was influenced and inspired by its rich history, and I've met many people who have working class migrant parents like me, but also people who lived through the years when the city was divided and reunited again.
Berlin is a big mess, but it's our mess, and I like it here...
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Ted's Career
My first job was at an opera house in Berlin, Germany. It was a three-year apprenticeship where I learned to set up lighting, sound, video projections, special effects, and stage rigging. This job taught me the general work ethics and routines at stage events and exhibitions. This job combined creativity and handcraft.
I started reading on the busses and trains on the way to work and back home, and within a year I became more interested in writing.
In January 2017, I started working on my first fantasy novel. I created a universe for my books, drew maps and fleshed out fictional characters, did research and wrote down more ideas, all while still occupied with a full-time job.
In August 2019, I successfully finished my apprenticeship and started my YouTube channels right away.
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In 2020, I found another full-time job which then was put on hold due to the pandemic. I used the extra time I got to set up my own studio in my humble, little flat. During this time, I also spent lots of time working on my novels. I constantly improved my manuscripts and made slight changes.
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In 2021, my YouTube carreer was put on hold when I began another job as a lighting technician for a rental specialised in filming equipment. I was mainly assisting customers and maintaining and testing power cables of different types.
By the end of 2022, I became a logistician and earned a slightly better salary, but the complexity of work paired with a lack of co-workers and some bad decisions from the company led to me becoming a lighting technician, customer assistant, substitute car depot worker, and logistician at once.
I was still young and wanted to do something where I felt like doing something meaningful. It was the main reason I got into contact with the military and applied to join the next year. Early 2023, a leaked document showing a disparity in salaries which reinforced me in my decision to quit my third job. Thus, I returned to YouTube for now, knowing I'd join the military in a few months...
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As of May 2023, I'm writing, filming, editing, recording and talking to my audience, and I do all my work from home...
