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Shockingly, this world of faceless, fragmented radio conversations produced an actual celebrity.
His voice and demeanor are instantly distinguishable to frequent listeners.
I think that was the epiphany moment for me.
It had gotten a little out of control, but its fine.
How does that make you feel, people knowing who you are?You know what?
Have you ever watched any of your work online?Yeah, Ive heard it.
Its funny what people do and how its changed.
My biggest regret about all my online fame is that I didnt monetize it.
Yeah, theres like 16 million views on TikTok with Kennedy Steve tagged underneath them.
Its big!Yeah.
I said yeah, but he hasnt been able to find anybody to produce it.
How is that possible?
Did he do that?He did.
Youre known for being colorful in certain situations.
Was that common at Kennedy?Oh, no, yo.
Nobody else did that.
I mean, they tried to, they just werent successful at it.
Its embarrassingly unique, but I found for me, I was kind of bored.
It added some mental acuity to what I was doing.
Ive read you came from the world of finance.
Whyd you make the switch?I didnt like what I was doing.
Going to work sucked.
The goal was not complex thought, but to do it very rapidly.
But if you didnt score above 95, they werent even going to consider hiring.
Thats a pretty controlled mistake.
Is there pressure to do that, you think?If youre busy, but he wasnt busy.
He made a really bad decision.
I mean, he broke so many rules, it was a joke.
Its really easy to work an airport with 300 airplanes a day.
When there are 1,300 airplanes a day, its kind of a different game.
I think you have to have a high degree of common sense.
I mean, you work in a busy facility, you make almost 200,000 bucks a year without overtime.
You get cheap health insurance.
But they dont do a good job of advertising.
See if you could do this, Im thinking theyve got a lot of people who would try.
The only thing that changed is I was a little older.
Well, thank you.
Because its a big sky, and the planes are really small.
