Twitch personality Pokimane described the process of persuading her parents to support her decision to drop out of college and pursue streaming as her full-time career. She revealed that she had to create a PowerPoint presentation to justify her choice.
Prior to becoming one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys had to obtain her parents’ approval. She is currently the most-followed woman on the platform.
Pokimane was aware that it might take some effort to persuade her traditional parents to fully comprehend and support her decision to pursue a non-traditional career path. She knew that her parents might not be happy with her decision to leave her Chemical Engineering degree midway.
Despite completing two years of her studies, Poki decided to leave college and instead created a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation to show her parents why her chosen profession would be more financially lucrative than her degree.
Pokimane’s parents took some convincing to let her quit college and focus on streaming.
“I said, ‘Just listen to me,’”Poki clarified. “I even made a PowerPoint presentation, showing my increasing income,”she added, gesturing with her hands to demonstrate a graph rising upwards.
“She gestured downward with her arms and exclaimed, “Just look at my college debt!”She then explained that she had decided to save up for one year and not return to college.
Despite her steady income, Poki’s mother remained doubtful about her job prospects and persistently inquired about her returning to school during the initial years of streaming full-time.
“After that, you accomplish something significant and then they say, ‘Okay, we’ll stop inquiring,’”she stated.
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During a live stream with fellow broadcasters QTCinderella and JasontheWeen, she recounted this story and advocated for him to his parents, urging them to support his decision to pursue streaming full-time following his recent accomplishments.
“Mama Nguyen, please remember that school will always be an option,”she reassured. “Your son is achieving great things. Let him take a break from school, even if it’s just temporarily. It doesn’t have to be permanent.”
QT interjected, “I’m not sure. Those school streams would definitely be successful.”
JasonTheWeen is a rising streamer who recently joined FaZe Clan after their restructuring earlier this year. It seems that he has attracted the support of notable individuals who are eager to help him reach his full potential as an online entertainer.
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