Twitch streamer LetsHugo caused a stir in one of his recent streams when he expressed his uncertainty about appropriate pay. At the same time, he let it be known that he probably doesn’t pay his own employees very well.
Who is LetsHugo? LetsHugo, whose real name is Hugo, is a 20-year-old streamer from Luxembourg. He made his first steps on Twitch in 2016 with the popular game Minecraft. He discovered his passion for video games in his youth and later started streaming. In July 2019, Hugo decided to significantly intensify his activities on Twitch.
In March 2023 he achieved his big breakthrough when he took part in the “No Food Challenge” of his Twitch colleague Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler.
You can find out more about Hugo here:
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“Well paid, yes yes, 10 euros an hour”
What statements did LetsHugo make? In its October 23 stream, LetsHugo responded to a YouTube video by content creator “Dave” titled “Why I invested €200,000 in this idea.”
In the video, Dave talks about three friends who want to develop an app and asked Dave for advertising. However, Dave decided to co-found a start-up company with them.
The surprise came when Dave revealed in the video that the three friends had quit their “well-paying jobs at reputable companies” to work full-time for the start-up. LetsHugo commented on this passage with the words: “Well paid, yes yes, 10 euros an hour. Oh wait, that’s actually well paid. Wait a minute, right? I do not know”.
LetsHugo finds himself in a very unusual situation for someone his age: He has been streaming since he was a teenager and did it full-time after he finished school after the 9th grade.
While many people his age are just starting out in their professional lives, the 20-year-old already has employees himself. However, he says that he doesn’t really know what actually qualifies as “well paid”. He also notes that he probably underpays his editors, i.e. his video editors, quite a bit.
In mid-October, he announced on X, formerly Twitter, that he was looking for new editors. However, with statements like this, some people might think twice about applying.
Adin Ross also made a similar faux pas: Twitch streamer estimates how much a “normal” person earns – everyone gets upset