In December 2012, Doc announced that he had taken up YouTube as a full-time job. Doc has mentioned that he has a doctor's degree in both social science and political science.
At some point in Doc's life, he played basketball at a professional level for 15 years. He specialized in dementia research, and received a PhD for his work. Out of anger and frustration, Doc decided to turn to nursing as his second study and ended up in geriatric healthcare. His team managed to develop something that could've change the world, but company leaders rejected it because of shareholder interests. He interned at Siemens in order to progress through his studies his subject was regenerative energies. ĭoc went to university to study electrical engineering and has a degree in it. His mother had to struggle with a poorly-paid job while his father owned a company and was a self-made millionaire. Doc's parents separated when he was young. He has described his current dialect as ' Denglish'. Doc speaks German natively, and learned English during his schooling. Doc was born in Ulm in the former nation of West Germany, and currently lives in Karlsruhe, both of which are located in Baden-Württemberg in current-day Germany.