Is YouTube Self-Study Really Possible?
I wanted to start making $1,000 a day installing interior film—
as soon as possible.
To practice,
I bought $30 worth of wrapping film on Amazon.
I watched Korean YouTube channels
and started wrapping cabinet doors myself.
After practicing two or three times,
it didn’t feel that hard.
That’s when the thought hit me:
“Interior film installation isn’t a big deal.
It’s basically just putting stickers on cabinets.”
So I convinced myself that
I could learn interior film installation in Canada
just by watching Korean YouTube videos.
But that was a huge mistake.
If you think about it logically, the answer is obvious.
No customer is going to pay $1,000 a day
for work that anyone can learn from YouTube.
Around that time,
a friend came to mind—Mr. Kim,
a general contractor in Korea with 15 years of field experience.
I called him.
“Hey, you know interior film, right?
In Canada, installers make $1,000 a day.
I’ve been practicing cabinet wrapping with YouTube videos,
and honestly, it doesn’t seem like a big deal.”
The moment he heard that,
Mr. Kim cut me off.
“That level of cabinet wrapping?
Even I can do that—and I’m a general contractor.
Anyone can do basic cabinet wrapping.
Learning film installation from YouTube?
I’ll say this with 100% certainty—
you will never become a real film installer that way.
If you actually want to become a professional,
you need to come to Korea
and spend at least one year
working under someone with 20 years of experience,
starting from the bottom.
That’s the fastest path.
And the only accurate one.”
Then he added one last line.
“If you walk onto a real job site with YouTube skills,
you’ll embarrass yourself—
and no one will ever hire you again.”
After the call,
my head was a mess.
Just the day before,
I was fully convinced that
I could learn film installation in Canada
through YouTube alone.
But I couldn’t brush off
the advice of someone who had survived
15 years in the field.
After a week of thinking it through,
I decided to listen to Mr. Kim.
One month later,
I packed up my rental house, sold my car,
shut down my business in Canada,
and boarded a flight back to Korea.
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