Addiction to Netflix programmer

Posted: Jun 22, 2023 Updated: Nov 20, 2023

Michael Paulson, better known as ThePrimeagen, did not have an easy start in life on his way to becoming a Netflix programmer and eventually a streaming star. He lost his dad when he was 7, was addicted to porn and cigarettes, attempted suicide after his girlfriend dumped him, did enough drugs to affect his vision for years, and dropped out of college. Michael would return to school but drop out, and the cycle continued. Finally, one day he would return to Montana State University and fall in love with learning after struggling in his Calculus 1 class.

ThePrimeagen would quit his addictions for good at one point and went down the programming route. He would attempt to start his own company, get rejected by Google, but ultimately get a job at Netflix. Later in his career, he started making Twitch and Youtube videos about programming; he has over 300k subscribers across the two as of today.

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If you have to say no a thousand times, ten thousand times, you have to pursue the change you want to be, and there's going to be a ton of really hard moments...

Michael Paulson

There was no magic bullet; there was no one night things went from bad to good. It was a decision I made every single moment. It was a decision I had to make every single day, multiple times a day, to do it right...

Michael Paulson