If there was one thing content creator Sidney Raskind knew for sure when he graduated high school, it's that he didn't want a desk job. It took him a little longer to realize that he had even more clarity than that — he wanted to be a YouTuber (spoiler alert: he did it ). Mashable caught up with him at VidCon 2026 to learn more about the journey that behind his graduation, to the content that helped him break through and go full time — life hacks and, as Raskind's says in nearly all his videos, things he didn't know until he was in his 30s. What kept him going? "I used to say spite," he joked with Mashable reporter Bethany Allard. But more than proving that he could escape the clutches of a desk job, Raskind knew he had a passion, and one that he could find success with. Especially since the barrier to entry for making videos online wasn't too high. SEE ALSO: These are Sidney Raz's content essentials after nearly 20 year...
