He says that he will try to be a youtuber full-time now, but I don't think that it will last very long. He was definitely earning a lot more while he was working in Microsoft, and working on videos full-time while he only has <150k subscribers seems a bit low, especially considering his son's situation. He obviously has plans to make his channel grow and has to be earning a fair amount to make this decision, but I think that it would've been a better choice to just keep youtube as a hobby and apply for a different job in a company or become part of a start-up.

This particular guy's future aside, I wonder what exactly Microsoft's "future picture" is that they chose to lay off what seems like a large number of talented people. How will the company function without the people in key roles? I wonder how they will relocate the remaining manpower so that they will continue to be successful.