Why I Left Shadiversity... 

Viewers: Why'd you leave? Political fights? Blackmail scandals? AI takeover? Nathan: Landlord bumped up the rent, yo. Everyone: Good luck, mister! And thank you for everything you brought to the show!

TLDR; the rent went up and i needed a higher income to survive the cost of living crisis. I left on good terms and always wanted to work in YT content creation, but i need a different job and my future is going in different direction.

Nate, in 2020 I lost everything. My car, my house, my income... I had to take my wife and my son back to my father's house. My family received my with open arms and hospitality, but it was a very difficult moment in our lives. It took six month to rebuild and get a new place again. I believe in you! Everything will be OK! I'll be here!

Best wishes for the future dude. It's no exaggeration to say that Shadiversity wouldn't be where it is now without your solid work behind the scenes.

Glad there is no bad blood upon you leaving. Keep up with the game dev, it can be exhausting too but stick at it and hopefully something good will come of it!

Sad because you were my favorite voice on Knight's Watch, but still wishing you the best going forward. Good luck with university and getting life sorted!

I'm glad to hear that you left on amicable terms. This economy has been, continues to be, incredibly rough and I wish you all the best.

This is first time RU-vid had recommended a video from you to me.

Mr Natham i want thank you for being on Shadiversity for a few years and we will all miss you. So Nathan all i can say this to you. Cheers and Farewell. We all wish you a Bright Future for you. Thanks.

Oh thank goodness. I was dreading that there was some new drama with Shad.

Speaking as a working software engineer at 20+ years in, my college education was not a major contributor to my success in the field. Tutorials, O'Reilly books, and Udemy classes combined with just doing the work and humbly asking questions have mattered a lot more. Formal coursework may not be worth the expense in either time or currency. If you can get a working game released on Steam or get some PRs accepted on some open source projects that might go a much longer way toward finding a steady job in the industry these days. That said, bigger corps and .gov contractor types will still want you to have a degree, but those aren't the steady, safe jobs they once were either. Edit: Oh God, it's 25+ years. Where has my life gone?

as a fellow developer that is trying to go solo on game dev i wish you the best! i'll be following the channel here

Your humour, logic and benevolence will be missed. All the best Nath, Subbed 👍

Hey good luck to you, man. Wishing you the best. Life is absurd financially now, I'm sure most people would understand, and everyone really should anyway. Go get em!

ngl, Nathan's been by far the most entertaining member of Knight's Watch for me.

Good luck in your future endeavors.

Aw, man! Good luck with your game, Nathan! I’m a software dev that’s working on a game as well, and hearing that you’re aspiring for similar things really warmed my heart. Best of luck, man!

Lost my house four years ago, times have been tough. Rent, and grocery costs just keep rising. Hope things improve for you, and for your family.

Good Luck on your future endeavors

"...a speeding fine, because of going downhill, not being a speed demon..." Exactly what a Speed Demon would say.

i like this kinda "employment breakup" story, no drama, just life. Though the circumstances suck, but that's just life.

I've missed your reviews. 😢. But best of luck to you. You will be a great success. 👍👍👍

Never imagined you had your own channel. The algorithm works in mysterious ways! God willing, let's just hope everything works out for you in the end. Good luck in your new endeavours!

We all love everything you have done for Shadiversity and for us over the years, Nate, and we will continue to appreciate you, to keep you and your family in our prayers, and to wish you all the best in everything you do in life! You rock, and I know you will do absolutely great with this new future! 😊

Good luck to you mate, been watching Shad for many years, then Knights Watch and you were always great. I'm im Adelaide, and yeah times are tough you gotta do what's right for you and family. Follow your dreams man.

I wish you luck Nathan, I'm glad that there is no bad blood between you and Shad. Take care of yourself mate and greetings from Queensland.

The economy is brutal at the moment. I work Security, and the combination of: the price the company charges the client, and a downturn for the client, has resulted in a reduction in on-site numbers, and I was given one of the short-straws. Best of luck to you, Nathan.

you can't fool me. Shad is commiting a purge on Nates! in all seriousness, I appreciate all your work with Shad and wish you the best.

Correct title: Why I'm No Longer Able To Work With Shadiversity

I know this feeling all to well. Life is getting more expensive by the year. And I too struggle, trying to do what makes me happy in life. It all comes back around to the big elephant in the room: Money. I wish you all the luck possible.

The most wholesome seperation video, glad to hear there is no bad blood

Good luck with everything Nathan!!

You were a great video editor for the channel. hate to see you leaving, but I'm glad its not on unfriendly terms. Good luck moving forward.

I always see these videos pop up and think, oh crap, what drama is going on now with X favorite content creator. Glad to see that isn't the case this time.

Good luck man, I'm happy that the reason you left isn't because your friendships fell through but also sad it's cause the costs of living is so high. Gotta provide for the family and I respect that, good luck in your pursuits and maybe one day I'll see a fun game from you, as a video gamer I hope to see success for you in the field.

Good luck to you, things will get better. I will miss your reviews on Knights Watch.

You want to become a software engineer? My condolences, that way lies madness. Best of luck.

Could you not still collaborate with Shad via distance? Especially on Knights Watch where that seems to be exclusively done at the studio.

You were one of the pillars of the show, and I hope further down the line we get to see you back, or even making a guest appearance. Best of luck with your future 🍀.

Totally understandable. Cost of living is absolutely abysmal right now. Many of us, myself included, are on the verge of losing everything. Do what you need to do to get back on your feet.

Nathan it has been a pleasure watching your work may you and your family find the financial success your needing to continue

I'm between jobs right now too. Gamedev is tough to find a job in right now with all the layoffs. Stay strong and I hope you and yourr family be in the green soon, cause living off of savings is mentally drenching to say the least. Wish you the best of luck

Always loved watching your chemistry with the Shad and the rest of the team, you were a great asset to their videos and I a wish you the best in life

As a fellow introvert, I appreciated seeing your growth on camera from your appearances on Knights Watch. I will certainly miss you and wish you and your wife the best.

Just subscribed. I'm curious how your channel will turn out in the future. The first 10,000 subs tend to be the hardest to get. Best of luck on pursuing your dreams.

2:10 reason: cost of living

The cost of living has gone up everywhere. I live in MN and lost my job a couple years ago. I have like thirty dollars to my name. XD

It'll be strange not seeing you over at shadiversity anymore but we're subscribed and ready to follow you on the next adventure. And we hope everything works out for you, your wife and your family to be, we sympathise massively with your situation and hope you can land where you belong. You deserve that good life. All of the very best of luck to you. 🛡

Whew... Maybe i watch too much RU-vid, cause I thought this was gonna be a hit piece. This is very understandable, guy, you take care and be careful!

Best wishes moving forward.

Hope things go well for you. For what it's worth, a lot of people are dealing with high rent and cost of living. A lot of us are dealing with it. Hope school goes well, too. I know how draining it can be, been slogging my way through undergrad for a few years. I'll definitely be subbing and sticking around. Game development sounds interesting to watch.

Sad to hear that. You and Shad were hilarious together. That's a damn shame, but I'm glad there doesn't seem to be any bad blood between the two of you. Best of luck to you and yours. Godspeed and may the Force be with you.

Good luck on your chosen way!

Good luck to you Nathan you will be missed.

Hello Nathan, i've been watching Shadiversity and Knights watch for the past 3 years and i even remember the video where you were introduced. It will not be the same without you and i really hope you are able to achieve your dreams with Game Dev. I myself have had to put my dreams of Game Dev on hold after failing university and having to make money to put the food on the table, hopefully you will fare better than me!

Software engineering is showing signs of becoming a stressful and unstable way to provide for your family. Frequent layoffs in many companies due to management wanting quarterly savings to keep up the unsustainable ever increasing profit. AI is already replacing artists with copy-paste machines, and there's been talk of that being the case for us programming dudes as well, causing even more layoffs. A lot of laid off and new people on the market means likelihood of landing a job can be tough. Also, depending on work place and culture, you may not see family that much. So, personally as a SW engineer, I'd recommend studying also for a safe, essential, irreplaceable "backup job", if at all possible. Then once you've pulled all your hairs out or get older and feel like you can't think anymore and/or don't get jobs anymore... you have a parachute to land with. Regardless, good luck in your endeavours. :)

"The occasional speeding ticket." How many tickets do you get where you need to mention it? Best of luck mate!

Either this came at a really inopportune time or *some* people aren’t being entirely honest.

You guys are good people man. The truth telegraphs through over time, if not quickly.

Good luck, bro. You are an interesting person. Everyone has to go through such things in life several times. Hope you'll find a way. Cheers from Moscow)

God bless, hope to see more of you

Did you admit that you like Nunchucks and Shad couldn’t handle it? Jokes aside, best of luck.

I feel that pain, my rent jumped up 67% a year + ago and that made things. God bless ya, I know things will even out for you.

I happen to be a CS degree holding software engineer who originally wanted to work in gaming, so this hit oddly close to home. Best of luck!

How was a man this handsome made to be behind the camera? 🤔

Just a few thoughts on the subject of Software Engineering and getting into that field, I think that using your streaming time and desire to learn those skills would be more beneficial. Using free resources to learn software engineering skills hands-on, practically than utilising paid education, may be better. Learning how to integrate AI into developing your goal of Artistic Games Development, may be the path ahead. Can't remember what it was called, but that AI-Generated video scenes of walking a city and/or driving along a country road and dynamically changing the scenery examples come to mind. I would also leverage CG into your Art Gaming dreams, as that is likely to be a future growth area. Basically, I'd seriously look into and consider learning all you need for free (obviously taking up your time, etc.) in line with a Higher Education qualification and just paying for the equivalent exams to get accredited. Several Year-long programmes tend to not be in touch with the ebb and flow of current technologies, and I feel the one skill anyone needs in Computing is the ability to quickly pivot technologies, concepts, ideas and workflows. AI is being pushed, naturally or artificially, to an astounding level. Having that language skillset, is a big must in my view.

When I saw the "In Memoriam" thumbnail on another channel, at first, I thought you had passed.

All the best m8

The Australian government should give money to married couples for every child they have, with diminishing returns.

I had to leave a job I loved for money concerns, so I get it. Best of luck, Nathan! I'll definitely check your stuff out. I'm a developer and did games for a bit if you ever want to chat.

Sad to hear about the circumstances. I wish you fortune in your future endeavors.

I'd never heard of shadiversity till right this second and assumed it was a "shadman" production & was quite concerned lol

You got this nate! Thank you for the context. Hearing people leaving channels or projects is always concerning when it's out of the blue and no one says why

The beginning of a new adventure is scary and exciting. But when you choose family first, you can't go wrong. Seeing your decision-making process illustrates what a good man you are. Also, some videos following your game development sound very fun.

Ask shad por a raise and Don't leave ! The knights watch need you

Question: Is Shad a cheapskate employer?

Subbed! Best of luck amigo! I’m always in the RU-vid’s, I’ll make sure to watch you videos when I get those notifications! Best of luck!

This is the first time this channel has been in my recommendeds and when I saw the title I was dreading it would be more shitty drama. I'm incredibly glad that isn't the case and I just subscribed with notifications on because of it. Best of luck on your projects and I'll keep an eye out for more updates.

Huh, damn, I thought right wing culture war grifting was supposed to be profitable, I guess not in this case? 🤷

shad can replace you with AI so really youre doing him a favour

Good luck Nathan! You can do it bro!

Best of luck, Nathan! I hope we will still see you as a guest on shadiversity/knights watch on occasion. It sounds like you are going to have a very full schedule though.

I used to be interested in his videos on castles and associated architecture but then he did this video we’re he proclaimed his fervent adherence to Bronze Age superstitious nonsense and I have no time for those people so I unsubbed.

So that's the reason. One would think it had to do with fascism & paedophilia, but no, it's minor inconveniences and choosing one's own path spreading one's own wings sort of gig. I guess that works too. But I was hoping you'd at least mention fascism and or paedophilia as one of the *minor* reasons. Okay then.

God bless you, Nathan! It’s a bummer you can’t stay on but we wish you luck.

Wish you all the best Nathan! I have enjoyed watching you on Shadiversity and it was nice to see your channel now. Hope you do get to come back at some point even if on occaision. Best of luck with your studies and other endeavours!

so it's not his shitty political opinions, cool

Shad has been pretty cringe for a while now, it is understandable why you would want to leave.

I can’t do much, but I have done a little coding (UI), a little voice, a little music, a lot of writing, etc. I’d offer my services freely should you require them.

I started getting into RU-vid hard over the last few weeks. Hit a hundred subs last week. Hopefully I get burnt out after a few years and as successful as you!

Best of luck in wherever life takes you. I hope we can follow your growth via this channel.

We'll miss you, dude! Hope you can still show your face with Shad at some points in the future. Looking forward to seeing you do your own thing in the future!

All my best going forward, I and I'm sure many miss you, but I know everyone will understand x Thank you for this video

Hard times. Best of luck to you and your family. It's a shame that you had to leave. I hope you find tons of success.

Good luck, my man. I hope everything gets better for you. You always did a good a job on Knight's Watch.

Its nice to see a departure that isn't steeped in drama and hate. Look forward to watching your content in the future!

It’s good that things ended amicably. Many people would be envious to work for that channel. Best of luck!

Good luck with everything you're doing it's relieving to hear no backstage drama

thank you for all you did for the show, hope it will get a lot better soon for all of you!

Thank you for the update. Life is full of tough decisions. Thank you for choosing what will help you take care of your family, even if that means leaving Shadiversity. Best of luck in your future endeavors!