After gaining millions of followers for videos poking fun at Silicon Valley culture, this woman quit her tech job to be a comedian full-time

• Alexis Gay, a former Patreon employee, quit her job to become a full-time comedian and podcaster.
• In the last year, she has racked up 2.4 million followers on Clubhouse and thousands across platforms.
• She’s most well-known for her videos on Twitter, where she pokes fun at Silicon Valley tech culture.

You may have seen Alexis Gay on Twitter, where her videos playfully skewering Silicon Valley culture often go viral.

A recent post captioned “every single park hang in San Francisco” – where she spouts quips like “Oh, are those the new AllBirds?” and “That valuation was actually hilarious … they don’t even have any users” – has 1.9 million views.

Gay has racked up more than 2 million followers on audio app Clubhouse and more than 82,000 on Twitter and also runs a podcast where she interviews media, business, and tech moguls about “everything but their resume.”