# TechLead: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-11, TechLead has 1,450,000 subscribers, 114,000,420 total views, and 397 videos. It ranks #47,661 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [TechLead](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for TechLead is “iPhone Duo: What was Apple Thinking? (AGI Singularity, ChatGPT Astra)”, a long-form video published Sep 10, 2026.
- These are TechLead’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between May 23, 2019 and Sep 10, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 243,772. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “I got fired from Facebook (for having a YouTube channel).” (3,079,064 views, Aug 26, 2019). Least viewed: “AI Coding with MCP + Skills: This changes programming.” (33,859 views, Jul 13, 2026).
- Median length: 11:47 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, TechLead’s consecutive uploads were a median of 16 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 440 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 11, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [iPhone Duo: What was Apple Thinking? (AGI Singularity, ChatGPT Astra)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/fmx5MpowJM8/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 113,038 | 10:46 | 1.2x |
| [How I use AI Agents for MONEY.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/sqA5RL_FUuo/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 96,330 | 14:01 | 1.03x |
| [IS CRYPTO BACK? Bitcoin Price EXPLODES (US Treasury & Bond Markets PANIC)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/wlRiEHccat8/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 55,312 | 11:16 | - |
| [Gen Z is the DUMBEST Generation.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/vlMYjOYRsK0/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 85,015 | 10:54 | - |
| [Google's AI Engineers Just QUIT.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/DHvy9Ky6diE/) | 2026-08-07 | Long-form | 117,906 | 8:21 | 1.31x |
| [He just got LIQUIDATED ON AI - Situational Awareness Blows Up](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/loWsFH1f56E/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 91,767 | 11:43 | 1.19x |
| [THE AI BUBBLE is Collapsing: Tech Crashes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/HqW4maLiN88/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 141,664 | 12:19 | 1.77x |
| [MARGIN CALL Generation: How Korea Liquidated Its Youth.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/-dhMKbCFK-Y/) | 2026-07-19 | Long-form | 88,733 | 8:53 | 1.15x |
| [China just beat Claude AI: Kimi K3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/2wDXtzIE7qw/) | 2026-07-17 | Long-form | 103,569 | 8:08 | 1.65x |
| [You didn't Live. You Doomscrolled.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/KPLEmp9CinU/) | 2026-07-15 | Long-form | 43,976 | 11:52 | - |
| [AI Coding with MCP + Skills: This changes programming.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/EHHd7kv7y3I/) | 2026-07-13 | Long-form | 33,859 | 11:16 | - |
| [The End of Effort: why no one is trying anymore.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/XZyE1sSNw8E/) | 2026-07-08 | Long-form | 70,930 | 12:04 | - |
| [AI Just Took Your Job... How to survive the AI age.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/bNeSvw9Xvqs/) | 2026-07-06 | Long-form | 58,638 | 9:37 | - |
| [Why AI is Collapsing: How China is Winning.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/JXJf7vL8k94/) | 2026-07-02 | Long-form | 146,480 | 9:40 | 1.15x |
| [Why I Deleted 400 Videos from YouTube.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/1x_DOTWSlZ0/) | 2026-07-01 | Long-form | 47,692 | 8:21 | - |
| [AI vs the Permanent Underclass: the End of Coding](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/oTQzszSabhY/) | 2026-06-29 | Long-form | 89,508 | 13:10 | - |
| [AI RAMageddon: Why Apple Just Raised Prices](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/WUVZ611trfk/) | 2026-06-25 | Long-form | 59,091 | 8:53 | - |
| [Why I Sold All My Bitcoin... it's over.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/VZVTjg85JwA/) | 2026-06-24 | Long-form | 325,288 | 11:23 | 1.48x |
| [H-1B VISA ABUSE: The Dark Truth of Tech (as an ex-Google software engineer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/TwWWw6e9ko0/) | 2025-09-23 | Long-form | 246,754 | 12:30 | 1.14x |
| [Why Programming Will Make You POOR (Coding in 2025)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/tvj-Nh5W0lw/) | 2025-08-29 | Long-form | 96,804 | 15:05 | - |
| [Why WORK won't make you RICH (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Market Update)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/eOU5ALbUFEg/) | 2025-08-25 | Long-form | 175,261 | 20:51 | 0.7x |
| [Get Out of Tech. IT'S OVER.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/RweoklWbLsw/) | 2025-06-30 | Long-form | 258,110 | 20:27 | 1x |
| [Why CODING will make you Poor. (AI, Bitcoin, Tech layoffs, How to actually get rich)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/m-Ct2ReT2NM/) | 2025-04-25 | Long-form | 192,783 | 16:37 | 0.69x |
| [How much Bitcoin should you own? \| STATE OF CRYPTO 2025.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/QwRidEuefXI/) | 2025-01-11 | Long-form | 300,986 | 13:51 | 0.95x |
| [Channel Update: I Quit Tech.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/9kpCLOJDl04/) | 2024-06-21 | Long-form | 453,649 | 14:29 | 1.53x |
| [7 Top FAANG Coding Tips, Best Practices (ex-Google, ex-Meta)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/BiMGgaJJmr4/) | 2024-01-04 | Long-form | 82,987 | 11:16 | - |
| [The STEM Degree SCAM: Why I Quit Coding.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/syqmc4rEvr8/) | 2023-12-29 | Long-form | 240,790 | 13:04 | 0.72x |
| [Is Coding still worth it in 2024? (as an ex-Google programmer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/As2aivqvBpk/) | 2023-12-24 | Long-form | 468,885 | 13:36 | 1.35x |
| [The Age of Making Money is Over. The middle-class is done.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/rJJBnmDkEwI/) | 2023-06-13 | Long-form | 777,402 | 12:00 | 2.32x |
| [Using ChatGPT to Trade Crypto and MAKE MONEY.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/lioFmitR2nE/) | 2023-04-12 | Long-form | 260,196 | 11:05 | 0.87x |
| [I Found the Best Mouse for Programming & Gaming.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/AQJF3LNnE5Y/) | 2023-01-23 | Long-form | 361,201 | 16:42 | 1.21x |
| [Why the FIRE Movement doesn't work (Financial Independence, Retire Early)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/k2wbW5SwgDM/) | 2022-10-06 | Long-form | 334,793 | 13:08 | - |
| [Week in the Life of a Programmer \| Sailing in the Caribbean](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/nzyCMf0EW9A/) | 2022-06-29 | Long-form | 112,546 | 13:13 | - |
| [Why You Should Not Learn to Code (as an ex-Google programmer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/wwbM63-LFD4/) | 2021-04-15 | Long-form | 1,592,891 | 12:29 | - |
| [The Best Chair for Programmers... (as an ex-Google tech lead) \| Aeron vs Embody, Steelcase, Hyken...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/BCHr4NDTLO8/) | 2021-01-25 | Long-form | 1,878,283 | 15:49 | - |
| [How I Type REALLY Fast... (170+ Words Per Minute, ex-Google programmer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/sw_wIKdJoNI/) | 2021-01-19 | Long-form | 1,349,421 | 10:24 | - |
| [Why I'm a Millionaire (as a millionaire)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/AbUU-D2Hil0/) | 2020-09-03 | Long-form | 1,310,164 | 14:53 | - |
| [Top 7 signs you're a Programmer.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/3sZbFPDzUZU/) | 2020-08-20 | Long-form | 882,034 | 10:04 | - |
| [The 10 Types of Programmers you'll encounter.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/OU55PWXm2rg/) | 2020-06-30 | Long-form | 597,306 | 17:37 | - |
| [Apps are dead... what's the next big thing?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/wOb0ThditOo/) | 2020-05-18 | Long-form | 1,159,214 | 10:02 | - |
| [I designed a wallet for minimalists (as a millionaire) \| Amazon FBA fulfillment overview](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/Fr9dVZ6shoM/) | 2020-02-20 | Long-form | 125,536 | 10:53 | - |
| [What no one tells you about coding interviews (why leetcode doesn't work)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/LQFsEwcCO1E/) | 2019-12-26 | Long-form | 941,947 | 10:01 | - |
| [Why I'm so good at coding.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/xqgH9j3x2OE/) | 2019-10-14 | Long-form | 2,046,235 | 10:01 | - |
| [Day in the Life of a Facebook Software Engineer.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/-brF6SUXbns/) | 2019-09-16 | Long-form | 1,921,015 | 10:27 | - |
| [What I learned from getting fired at Facebook (with Q&A).](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/cH9MRy8UbKs/) | 2019-08-29 | Long-form | 1,125,394 | 10:46 | - |
| [I got fired from Facebook (for having a YouTube channel).](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/2pIJoPkh9IU/) | 2019-08-26 | Long-form | 3,079,064 | 11:28 | - |
| [Career Paths for Software Engineers and how to navigate it.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/oGy_uK6FrgE/) | 2019-08-15 | Long-form | 844,093 | 13:15 | - |
| [7 Habits of Highly Effective Programmers (ft. ex-Google TechLead)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@techlead/videos/W8ykZNSLDqE/) | 2019-05-23 | Long-form | 1,330,476 | 12:34 | - |

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