u/Cypapi

I’m working in FAANG for 7 years now, i started UGC 3 years ago as i love being on camera and who will not like getting paid for that also. I am a tech UGC creator and my content mostly revolves around videos like Testimonial-style videos, Comparison videos, Feature-focused videos, Hidden Features and so on.

I worked for almost 10 months from 8:30 to 5:30 in NYC and then coming home making ugc videos, editing them and most of the time i used to sleep at 3 to 4 because i am super conscious about my ugc video like if my gut says no this could be better i will reshoot the entire video no matter if i don’t get to sleep that night, due to heavy workload i have to sacrifice my weekends, skip my friends party and a lot of other things that i have to sacrifice because of my ugc work.

Now I have to decide whether to play safe or pursue my passion full time, i chose my passion over a lucrating tech job and i don’t know if i will be successful or not but for sure i will not have any regrets in the future that i should have done that at that time. I think it like this way: “The car (ugc success) is parked right outside my gate, The only thing standing between me and that car is my resignation letter. So i have to resign.”

promise you its long but worth it if you feel stuck, dumb, out of motivation, and alone, I took the bp diagnostic got absolutely destroyed. I'd study but would not review. 497 in FL1, I would neveerrr study CARS, in 2nd attempt 501 (127/122/125/127). I felt AWFUL throughout this whole exam. Had a full blown anxiety attack during C&P which carried into CARS. I had no stamina. I knew I would be retaking it. I thought for a long time about my main errors and how i’m going to tackle them

not reviewing exams, thinking it was all content (even though I knew it wasn't, I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that you do not need to know every fucking little detail to do well), neglecting CARS 90% of the time, not being consistent in my study mechanisms this december 2026, I am graduating college and ready to start again. I retake the diagnostic bp exam, buy the bp 6 month course, and get hit with a 498. I did this while working a full-time healthcare job. 12+ hours a day somedays. It was hard, but worth it. I did a lot more practice passages and learned how to dissect them correctly, in order to answer the questions correctly. I started answering passages in 80% accuracy. Putting in needed work clearly helps, so I finally decided CARS was my focus. from next one week I reviewed content and did probably hundreds of CARS passages.

It wasn't until next month I realized I was taking too long in CARS section which I didn't need. My new strategy: finish the passage in 3-4 minutes, I may feel like I'm missing something, I would read questions and dive right back into the passage and 9/10 times I would have the right answer for each question and have time to spare. Actual exam attempt 509 (125/124/132/128). I fucking did that. Through all the bullshit and exhaustion and being stupid, I scored a score I am proud of, one i can get into school with. all that in less than a year while working and graduating and everything in between, Its hard but it is possible. I'm here to say you can and you will.

I have used the Feynman technique for months now, but it is hard to explain what I studied to no one. I also tried explaining concepts to people, but I get so anxious about making mistakes or getting things wrong based on what I retained.

Instead, I use my niece's rubber duck toy as my study buddy when practicing the Feynman technique and active recall. I explain the concept loud and clear, imagining the duck as my 5-year-old niece so I explain it in simple words that a child could understand.

This actually helps me retain what I just studied rather than simply explaining the concept to nothing. It gives me something that keeps me focused, which makes it a lot easier to break down complex ideas into simple terms.