Welcome to another episode of Still Peaking, a series on non traditional career paths and taking leaps of faith in life. Today’s guest is Peter Kang, founder of The Lifestyle Banker, an online educational course for learning financial and excel skills . Peter started his path on wall street, but quickly moved into the streaming world with Hulu, and later founded his own gaming startup Whiplash. 

Peter and I had a very real talk about his experiences, from working in a high powered corporate setting with a chip on his shoulder, why Hulu was overshadowed by Netflix, how happiness is not his primary goal, and why he built a course despite the negative connotations with online courses. 

I hope you enjoy and thanks for tuning in. 

1:05: The arbitrary way he chose NYU and ended up on wall street

2:44: Daddy issues and the chip on his shoulder

4:12 Deciding where to go after investment banking

8:10 Cringe way Peter manifested his “dream” job

9:38 When the magic faded from Hulu

11:53 Why Hulu fell behind Netflix

13:30 What a content strategist does

16:08 Regrets with leaving Hulu too early

17:27 Starting his gaming company Whiplash

18:40 Biggest learnings from being a founder

21:28 Taking a huge pay cut from wall street to entrepreneurship

23:58 Why he cares about making a lot of money

25:54 Happiness is not his number one priority

28:22 Floundering, and refinding identity and purpose after Whiplash

35:55 Stop complaining about your job 

36:29 Being “cringe” and making an online finance course

38:47 How he grew his Tiktok audience

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