The Twitch streamer LetsHugo caused a stir in one of his recent streams when he expressed his uncertainty about fair pay. At the same time, he hinted that he probably does not pay his own employees very well.
Who is LetsHugo? LetsHugo, whose real name is Hugo, is a 20-year-old streamer from Luxembourg. He took his first steps on Twitch in 2016 with the popular game Minecraft. Already in his youth, he discovered his passion for video games and later started streaming. In July 2019, Hugo decided to significantly intensify his activities on Twitch.
In March 2023, he made a major breakthrough, when he participated in his Twitch colleague Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler’s “No Food Challenge”.
Here you can learn more about Hugo:
“Well paid, yes yes, 10 euros an hour”
What statements has LetsHugo made? In his stream on October 23, LetsHugo reacted 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 team up with them to found a start-up company.
The surprise came when Dave revealed in the video that the three friends had quit their “well-paid 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 is actually well paid. Wait a minute, or not? I don’t really know.”
LetsHugo is in a rather unusual situation for someone his age: he has been streaming since his youth and, after completing school after the 9th grade, made it full-time right away.
While many his age are just starting to enter the workforce, the 20-year-old already has employees. However, he says he doesn’t really know what should be considered “well paid”. He also notes that he probably underpays his video editors.
On X, formerly Twitter, he announced in mid-October that he was looking for new video editors. With such statements, some may reconsider applying.
A similar faux pas was made by Adin Ross: Twitch streamer assesses how much a “normal” person earns – Everyone gets upset
