The YouTuber and Twitch-streamer Florian “Varion” Kiesow achieved a huge success on YouTube within a few months in 2019 and 2020, which he has managed to maintain until today. Despite his fame, he apparently wouldn’t have any problem going back to a regular job.
Who is it about? It is about the YouTuber and Twitch streamer Varion, who has been working as a freelance Content Creator since 2020. He trained as a metal worker and worked for several years in the skilled trades sector.
In 2019, he was discovered by larger content creators and there was a reaction to his sketch videos. This brought him to a subscriber count of one million within just 3 months.
Varion also has a Twitch channel, which he has been streaming regularly since 2020. Here he plays various games, such as Minecraft, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, or parts of the Pokémon series. For example, he faced a particularly difficult challenge in older Pokémon games.
Varion would find normal working “cool”
What does Varion think about “normal working”? Varion also chats with his Twitch colleagues Sascha Hellinger and Trymacs on the podcast Offline + Ehrlich
. In the latest episode from December 9, 2025 (on Spotify starting at 07:45), the three discussed, among other things, the career as a Content Creator and what might come next.
Varion noted that he wouldn’t have any problem going back to “normal work” after his career as a Content Creator. After his success, Varion says he would “find it cool” to, for example, deliver packages for a company.
The Content Creator further states that one can have luck and sometimes less luck in the social media industry. Just because one has success on social media doesn’t automatically mean they are set for life, Varion says. Unlike Trymacs, who once claimed he would only livestream on Twitch for fun.
Varion further states that he finds it a bit of a “crisis” when former famous people act as if they are still influential when they actually are not anymore.
However, the jump to a normal job is not very far for Varion either. The 33-year-old completed an apprenticeship as a metalworker and worked for years in various skilled trades professions. Other content creators who earn their livelihood solely through social media might find it more difficult.
Currently, however, Varion does not have to worry about whether he will have to take on another job besides streaming and making YouTube videos. The Content Creator is successful and even managed to participate in Craft Attack 13 in 2025, where he pursued a slightly different approach than other participants: Other Twitch streamers tackle huge builds as groups, one wants to do it alone
