A unique benefit of doing this show is getting to interview my friends and ask them all the questions I've always wanted to ask them about their life and job.

My guest today is Leo Vader, the now-former video editor at Game Informer and someone I've actually known for a long time without ever knowing too much about. Leo and I both worked as interns at Game Informer in the summer of 2016 and have actually hosted a podcast called Game Query together for several years now. But outside of the stuff we've made together, I never knew how he got into making videos, how he ended up getting a job at Game Informer, and most importantly now, why he left that quote-unquote dream job to go out on his own.

So after years of friendship, I finally sat down with Leo and asked him all the questions I'd wanted to ask him over the course of, well, years of friendship. It ended up being a remarkably more touching and candid interview than I expected as Leo told me about what working at Game Informer meant to him, how the company's very public layoffs last year affected his mental health, and what it's really like to leave a dream job.

I hope you enjoy our chat.

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Leo's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SenorAwesome

Theme Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/1HzfSdHgnSPMwS8jgFa4Ls?si=Fe4ss9R-R6CwZe-pBXA1WQ