You not only have to to stuff, and publish stuff, you have to tell everyone about it.
From my own experience, I've been streaming myself coding a lot recently, but the only time I get even low single digits tuning in is when I post a link somewhere.
So I guess just be prepared that you can write blogs, stream, post videos, publish software... and people don't take notice. There's a whole self-promotion aspect to it as well.
I was careful not to say that this is a surefire path to success. My whole point is that publishing increases your odds. If you're writing blogs, streaming, posting videos, and publishing software my position is that you have a better chance of being noticed than if you didn't do those things. "Publishing" has gradations as well, which range from hitting the "post" button to "self promotion," as you say.
> If you're writing blogs, streaming, posting videos, and publishing software my position is that you have a better chance of being noticed than if you didn't do those things
If that doesn't bear fruit then you have wasted your time though. I don't think that framing this as "increasing your odds" or "having a better chance" is helpful for most people.
If you're starting from zero you're looking for a moonshot, because even if you increase your odds by 1000% the chance of a tangible positive result is still probably ~0.
You not only have to to stuff, and publish stuff, you have to tell everyone about it.
From my own experience, I've been streaming myself coding a lot recently, but the only time I get even low single digits tuning in is when I post a link somewhere.
So I guess just be prepared that you can write blogs, stream, post videos, publish software... and people don't take notice. There's a whole self-promotion aspect to it as well.