So This Is My Why
So This Is My Why
Ling Yah
$106,241/year from 8 income streams?! - Rachel How (UX/UI Designer)
58 minutes Posted Mar 8, 2026 at 2:37 pm.
The $106,241 year
Growing up wanting to be "somebody"
The RM50,000 Law School
Quitting Law after 2 months:
Working 10 odd jobs
The turning point
Entering the Hong Leong Bank hackathon
Self-teaching UX/UI: YouTube vs. Reality
Landing the role at Fave
Launching her YouTube channel: 10k subs in 3 months
Burnout & health struggles
Being the sole provider for her family
Why her revenue dropped to $70k in 2023
Don't follow passion, follow curiosity
Advice for aspiring solopreneurs
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Rachel How is one of Malaysia’s top UX/UI designer - entirely self-taught - with a huge 330k following she’s built over the last 4+ years!
But finding her path wasn’t easy.
She quit law school after 2 months because it wasn’t for her.
Worked 10 different odd jobs - including as a body lotion rep & real estate agent - to figure out her interests.
Her realisation: She enjoyed designing property posters over selling the houses themselves.
That led to her joining a hackathon organised by Hong Leong Bank as a designer.
They ranked 10 top.
That led to a role as a Senior Product Designer Fave.
While working full-time, she launched her UX/UI YouTube channel and started building different income streams.
By 2022, she was generating $106,241/year from her freelance work itself, which gave her the confidence to take the leap.
Quit.
And become a solopreneur.
But career journeys are never linear.
To learn more about how Rachel built her 8 income streams, her advice for building a YouTube channel & what keeps her going, tune in!
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