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Colton: Who are you and how did you get in here? 2 00:00:01.835 --> 00:00:03.136 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 3 00:00:03.670 --> 00:00:04.604 Sammy: My name is Sammy. 4 00:00:04.671 --> 00:00:07.974 I'm the video production specialist at Linus Media Group, 5 00:00:08.008 --> 00:00:11.911 and I got in here by deceiving everybody into thinking I can do a good job. 6 00:00:12.545 --> 00:00:14.481 Colton: Alright, give me two truths and a lie, dude. 7 00:00:15.448 --> 00:00:19.652 Sammy: I've never been pulled over for driving. 8 00:00:20.220 --> 00:00:20.887 Colton: That's a lie. 9 00:00:21.154 --> 00:00:21.521 Sammy: What!? 10 00:00:21.788 --> 00:00:27.060 Sammy: I've never broken a bone, and I'm not very technically acknowledged. 11 00:00:27.193 --> 00:00:28.495 Colton: Am I supposed to guess? No, right? 12 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:30.597 Sammy: No, no, no; at the end; at the end, we'll discuss it. 13 00:00:30.597 --> 00:00:31.631 Colton: Alright, sick, sounds good. 14 00:00:31.631 --> 00:00:32.899 Colton: Alright, Sammy, what do you do here? 15 00:00:32.999 --> 00:00:35.769 Andrew: So my main job is making a lot of Floatplane exclusives, 16 00:00:36.036 --> 00:00:38.638 as you guys have watched a lot of them over the last year. 17 00:00:38.638 --> 00:00:40.407 But then as of more recently, 18 00:00:40.407 --> 00:00:42.575 I've been doing a lot of shorts for the Linus Tech Tips channel 19 00:00:42.575 --> 00:00:46.146 and now starting up the shorts c- The short- 20 00:00:46.446 --> 00:00:49.516 The ShortCircuit shorts; oh my God, that's a tongue twister right there. 21 00:00:50.216 --> 00:00:52.485 And I also do a lot of the social medias. 22 00:00:52.485 --> 00:00:55.688 So anything that's not mainline content, I basically have a touch on. 23 00:00:55.789 --> 00:00:56.222 Colton: Let's go. 24 00:00:56.256 --> 00:00:57.557 Colton: Sammy, how long have you been here? 25 00:00:57.957 --> 00:01:01.294 Sammy: I started in November 2022 as an editor. 26 00:01:02.228 --> 00:01:05.865 So this year in November it'll be three years, which is crazy I think. 27 00:01:05.865 --> 00:01:06.800 Colton: Time flies, buddy. 28 00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:07.133 Sammy: Yeah. 29 00:01:07.133 --> 00:01:08.468 Colton: What hobbies are you interested in? 30 00:01:08.468 --> 00:01:12.839 Sammy: Okay, so the typical Korean-Asian answer is gaming. 31 00:01:14.507 --> 00:01:18.178 Sammy: I had my roots in StarCraft and WarCraft 3, 32 00:01:18.311 --> 00:01:22.115 which fun fact, when we played the Young People's trying Linus games, 33 00:01:22.515 --> 00:01:25.685 the entire time I was in WarCraft I was like just cut my section; 34 00:01:25.718 --> 00:01:27.554 this is not interesting, because I knew how to play. 35 00:01:27.554 --> 00:01:31.091 And then obviously another Korean thing to do, played League of Legends. 36 00:01:31.191 --> 00:01:31.958 Colton: That's also a game. 37 00:01:32.092 --> 00:01:32.492 Sammy: Yeah. 38 00:01:32.625 --> 00:01:33.326 Colton: Hahahahaha. 39 00:01:33.326 --> 00:01:34.427 Sammy: No it's the Korean- 40 00:01:34.427 --> 00:01:35.095 Colton: Seperate? 41 00:01:35.428 --> 00:01:36.996 Sammy: It's the average Korean male transition. 42 00:01:36.996 --> 00:01:37.430 Colton: Oh God. 43 00:01:37.430 --> 00:01:38.932 Sammy: You start in StarCraft and then go to League of Legends. 44 00:01:38.932 --> 00:01:39.632 Colton: Ooooh. 45 00:01:39.632 --> 00:01:43.603 Sammy: Yeah, and then- But nowadays I only play like Teamfight Tactics 46 00:01:43.603 --> 00:01:47.373 and just various random games; and I've recently gotten to volleyball. 47 00:01:49.109 --> 00:01:51.411 Colton: Volleyball recently; so like new, net new, 48 00:01:51.411 --> 00:01:53.513 Colton: you've never played volleyball before, you're into it now. Sammy: Yeah, none. 49 00:01:53.513 --> 00:01:56.983 Sammy: Yeah, I got into it like just doing once a week drop-in, 50 00:01:56.983 --> 00:02:01.554 like in October last year; but as of February this year, 51 00:02:01.554 --> 00:02:05.191 so it's two months from now I've been doing like more like leagues, 52 00:02:05.191 --> 00:02:08.962 and getting training from my friend, who's also a coach. 53 00:02:08.995 --> 00:02:10.029 Colton: You're going to go pro soon. 54 00:02:10.196 --> 00:02:10.630 Sammy: Oh, yeah. 55 00:02:10.763 --> 00:02:11.965 Sammy: That's my strategy. 56 00:02:12.065 --> 00:02:12.599 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 57 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:13.399 Colton: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 58 00:02:13.466 --> 00:02:17.470 Colton: What made you interested in this role when you applied to work here? 59 00:02:17.604 --> 00:02:19.606 Sammy: I do a lot of freelancing before. 60 00:02:19.706 --> 00:02:22.942 Sammy: I still do now, but not as intense as before. 61 00:02:23.710 --> 00:02:26.679 And then an old editor who used to work here, Marcus, 62 00:02:26.779 --> 00:02:29.315 he was like, hey you know we're hiring? 63 00:02:29.315 --> 00:02:30.850 I got denied on my first entry. 64 00:02:30.850 --> 00:02:31.784 Hahaha. 65 00:02:31.784 --> 00:02:35.655 And then on the second entry they were asking me, 66 00:02:35.655 --> 00:02:36.689 hey, do you still want a job? 67 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:38.958 I was like, yeah it'd be cool to get a job. 68 00:02:39.792 --> 00:02:40.326 Colton: What!? 69 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:45.131 Sammy: I came in like very high-end like clothing when I came from an interview; 70 00:02:45.131 --> 00:02:47.300 and apparently, I think that was a very 71 00:02:47.333 --> 00:02:49.202 not good thing to do apparently for this company. 72 00:02:49.202 --> 00:02:49.602 Colton: Oh. 73 00:02:49.702 --> 00:02:50.203 Sammy: Yeah. 74 00:02:50.303 --> 00:02:53.740 Sammy: Because I was told by my friends to dress for success; so I did. 75 00:02:53.873 --> 00:02:55.141 Sammy: Turns out that was not the move. 76 00:02:55.275 --> 00:02:56.309 Colton: At Linus Media Group, 77 00:02:56.342 --> 00:02:59.045 Colton: You just wear socks and saddles and you've got the job, dude. Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 78 00:02:59.045 --> 00:02:59.646 Colton: Yeah, yeah. 79 00:02:59.746 --> 00:03:02.282 Colton: How's working at LMG? Anything weird? 80 00:03:02.282 --> 00:03:04.651 Sammy: Honestly, I feel like working at LMG, 81 00:03:06.186 --> 00:03:08.655 it's very, very fast-paced. 82 00:03:08.755 --> 00:03:11.090 Every day it's something I have to do 83 00:03:11.090 --> 00:03:13.893 and then something that you're working towards that's to do the next day. 84 00:03:15.094 --> 00:03:17.063 That's something I actually personally enjoy just because 85 00:03:17.063 --> 00:03:21.267 the way I always look at like editing and just video production in general is like food. 86 00:03:21.367 --> 00:03:23.770 I like to you know, have a little bit of this and a little bit of that. 87 00:03:23.803 --> 00:03:25.338 I don't want to just eat one thing, same thing every day; 88 00:03:25.471 --> 00:03:30.376 which is why the social media role when I was looking to just move out of editing 89 00:03:30.677 --> 00:03:32.912 was more appealing to me just because it was doing shorts, 90 00:03:32.912 --> 00:03:35.481 it was doing static posts, it was doing Floatplane exclusives. 91 00:03:35.515 --> 00:03:37.483 You don't know what you're going to get working at LMG, 92 00:03:37.483 --> 00:03:39.519 and I think that's very cool to work at. 93 00:03:39.519 --> 00:03:41.221 I think the weirdest thing working at LMG 94 00:03:41.221 --> 00:03:42.989 is just working with a lot of executives very closely; 95 00:03:42.989 --> 00:03:46.059 like even Colton right now, who's an executive who should be doing head of business, 96 00:03:46.059 --> 00:03:49.062 is interviewing me for this video because I thought it'd be funny. 97 00:03:49.229 --> 00:03:50.096 Sammy: Hahaha. 98 00:03:50.129 --> 00:03:51.898 Sammy: But it's kind of like those things Colton: Hahahahahahaha. 99 00:03:51.898 --> 00:03:55.301 that it's not very normal for a company, you know? 100 00:03:55.401 --> 00:03:56.336 Sammy: Like exec is like... 101 00:03:56.636 --> 00:03:59.472 In my head they're so high up, I'm never going to talk to them you know? 102 00:03:59.606 --> 00:04:00.373 Sammy: It's like weird. 103 00:04:00.406 --> 00:04:02.575 Colton: It's just a stupid word, man; it's just a stupid word. Sammy: Well like- 104 00:04:02.642 --> 00:04:04.444 Colton: And Sammy, you did a great job with all the exclusives 105 00:04:04.444 --> 00:04:05.478 except for this one, okay? 106 00:04:05.545 --> 00:04:07.347 Sammy: What!? Why? Hahahaha. Colton: Because you brought me in. 107 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:08.414 Colton: Hahahahahaha. 108 00:04:08.414 --> 00:04:09.082 Colton: I'm just kidding. 109 00:04:09.182 --> 00:04:10.149 Colton: Yeah, it's funny; it's- 110 00:04:10.149 --> 00:04:13.419 The amount of times where we're like just head down, you're working, 111 00:04:13.453 --> 00:04:17.156 Colton: and then you have to go do something silly or fun or random is absurd. 112 00:04:17.156 --> 00:04:19.392 Colton: What is the hardest part of your job? 113 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:23.963 Sammy: I think the same thing is just how fast-paced it is; 114 00:04:25.064 --> 00:04:26.799 because sometimes you don't get to work on a video 115 00:04:26.799 --> 00:04:28.835 that you really want to take a long time on. 116 00:04:29.969 --> 00:04:33.373 And because things are going so fast sometimes things get moved up, 117 00:04:33.506 --> 00:04:36.342 and then so you have to juggle that while juggling this new thing. 118 00:04:36.376 --> 00:04:40.680 I think the only video I got to spend a lot of time on was Riley's Star Wars video. 119 00:04:41.414 --> 00:04:44.017 That video to me is my favorite video I've edited; 120 00:04:44.183 --> 00:04:46.552 second one being how we make LTT videos. 121 00:04:46.686 --> 00:04:48.087 Sammy: Those ones I got to spend a lot of time on 122 00:04:48.087 --> 00:04:50.490 because that's something I was just really passionate about and I really wanted to do. 123 00:04:50.490 --> 00:04:54.227 But I don't get that luxury for like any of my videos basically, 124 00:04:54.327 --> 00:04:56.796 just because I'm taking out more responsibilities; 125 00:04:56.896 --> 00:04:59.365 so I have to just make sure I'm putting in, 126 00:04:59.365 --> 00:05:04.137 like a required amount for each one while not overcommitting to one video. 127 00:05:04.237 --> 00:05:06.339 I would love to put music in like each video; 128 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:11.277 but then I had to take more time to like find the music that matches it, 129 00:05:12.378 --> 00:05:15.214 make sure it's leveled correctly and everything and all that. 130 00:05:15.214 --> 00:05:16.849 Which sounds like it doesn't take a long time, 131 00:05:16.849 --> 00:05:19.919 but it takes like up to an hour or two, which then it's like 132 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:23.756 an eighth or a quarter of my day, which kind of sucks; 133 00:05:23.756 --> 00:05:27.794 so that's honestly the hardest part is just sometimes accepting 134 00:05:27.794 --> 00:05:30.630 that not everything will be perfect and then you just have to move on. 135 00:05:30.797 --> 00:05:32.365 Colton: Sammy's one of those guys... 136 00:05:32.365 --> 00:05:33.099 Sammy: *Laughs* 137 00:05:33.266 --> 00:05:36.936 Colton: who I would say bites off more than he can chew sometimes, 138 00:05:36.936 --> 00:05:38.738 Colton: but he makes it work, he makes it work. Sammy: Yeah. 139 00:05:39.472 --> 00:05:40.039 Colton: He does it. 140 00:05:40.073 --> 00:05:43.409 Sammy: I'm.... every day I'm like, I don't know if I can do this anymore. 141 00:05:43.409 --> 00:05:44.410 Colton: Hahahahahaha. Sammy: Because it's just... 142 00:05:44.444 --> 00:05:46.713 Colton: And then he does it and then you're like, wait, I did it. 143 00:05:46.746 --> 00:05:48.815 Sammy: Yeah, and then I'm like wait, I'm goated; and I just do it. 144 00:05:48.815 --> 00:05:49.382 Colton: Hahahahaha. 145 00:05:50.016 --> 00:05:51.951 Sammy: And then the next day I'm like wow, there's nothing to do. 146 00:05:51.951 --> 00:05:53.853 Sammy: And then the next day I'm like, oh my God I'm so busy. 147 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:56.089 So I think it's, I think it's a double-edged sword 148 00:05:56.089 --> 00:05:59.959 but I've always wanted to make YouTube videos since I was like six-seven. 149 00:06:00.059 --> 00:06:04.897 So I think as this is like my dream job I do try to 150 00:06:04.897 --> 00:06:07.600 like put 100% of what I'm trying to do, 151 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.037 but also to be realistic with the time I have for each day. 152 00:06:11.104 --> 00:06:12.972 Colton: Sammy, what's the easiest part of your job? 153 00:06:12.972 --> 00:06:13.906 Sammy: My easiest part of my job? 154 00:06:13.906 --> 00:06:14.307 Colton: Yeah. 155 00:06:14.440 --> 00:06:17.944 Sammy: The easiest part of my job is probably just ensuring like... 156 00:06:18.378 --> 00:06:21.814 so I've kind of handed off extras to a lot of the editors. 157 00:06:23.583 --> 00:06:26.152 On top of that, just doing like early releases for videos, 158 00:06:26.152 --> 00:06:29.122 I think I've... I think those are- 159 00:06:29.122 --> 00:06:32.325 Like just making sure those are getting like done on time is probably the easiest part. 160 00:06:32.425 --> 00:06:36.362 Granted it's still like, sometimes like it's hard to like 161 00:06:36.362 --> 00:06:38.097 just communicate between departments, like hey is it done? 162 00:06:38.097 --> 00:06:39.632 Hey like what's status on this? Everything. 163 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:42.668 But honestly, just project managing is probably the easiest part. 164 00:06:42.668 --> 00:06:44.170 Colton: What's your favorite part of the job? Sammy: Oh. 165 00:06:44.203 --> 00:06:48.341 Sammy: And my favorite part of the job... honestly, it's probably the people. 166 00:06:48.341 --> 00:06:52.278 I genuinely enjoy working with everybody here, except Colton. 167 00:06:53.346 --> 00:06:53.813 Colton: That's fair. 168 00:06:53.880 --> 00:06:54.680 Sammy: Hahahahahahaha. 169 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:55.782 Colton: I hate working with Colton, too. 170 00:06:55.882 --> 00:06:57.183 Sammy: Hahahahaha. Colton: Hahahahahahaha. 171 00:06:57.216 --> 00:06:59.085 Sammy: No; yeah, but just the people I think. 172 00:06:59.118 --> 00:07:02.121 I think everyone is very... it sounds like- 173 00:07:02.121 --> 00:07:06.259 Oh my god, when I say this stuff it sounds like very like PR corporate. 174 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:07.226 Colton: Yeah, yeah; like I've got a gun- 175 00:07:07.226 --> 00:07:07.994 Sammy: like "everyone loves working here". 176 00:07:07.994 --> 00:07:10.196 Colton: I'm actually standing behind the camera with a gun right now, 177 00:07:10.296 --> 00:07:11.264 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. Colton: pointing to Sammy. 178 00:07:11.297 --> 00:07:13.332 Sammy: It's like, everyone loves, "I love working with everybody here", 179 00:07:13.332 --> 00:07:15.968 "everyone's so passionate about what they do", but they really are. 180 00:07:16.002 --> 00:07:16.502 Sammy: It's like- 181 00:07:16.636 --> 00:07:17.236 Colton: We got good people. 182 00:07:17.236 --> 00:07:20.840 Sammy: Yeah, it sucks because it feels like it's just like a BS answer, 183 00:07:20.873 --> 00:07:23.443 but that's really legitimately the answer; it's just, I don't know, 184 00:07:23.443 --> 00:07:26.312 I feel like there's not one person here that's not passionate about it; 185 00:07:26.312 --> 00:07:28.714 because, end of the day this is a fast-paced environment, 186 00:07:30.383 --> 00:07:32.919 and I feel like if you weren't passionate about what you're doing, 187 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:34.187 you wouldn't really work here. 188 00:07:34.187 --> 00:07:37.423 The people you see here are people who generally just enjoy working here, 189 00:07:37.423 --> 00:07:40.126 so I think it's a cool thing to come to every day. 190 00:07:40.226 --> 00:07:41.928 Colton: How did you get into video editing in the first place? 191 00:07:42.528 --> 00:07:49.936 Sammy: I used to actually edit videos for Vlogger in 2019. 192 00:07:50.269 --> 00:07:51.838 Sammy: Oh sorry, 2018-2019. 193 00:07:51.904 --> 00:07:55.241 Sammy: I did a full week of work for like $60 US. 194 00:07:55.341 --> 00:07:58.110 Colton: Wow, wow, okay. Sammy: A week. Sammy: Yeah. 195 00:07:58.678 --> 00:08:01.647 Sammy: As a freelancer you have to I think, pay your dues. 196 00:08:01.814 --> 00:08:04.183 Sammy: I like to say that; you have to take crappy jobs 197 00:08:04.183 --> 00:08:05.384 that don't really pay as much, 198 00:08:05.384 --> 00:08:07.420 or it's not really things you're really passionate about, 199 00:08:07.453 --> 00:08:12.124 but you pay your dues and eventually you'll reap the rewards 200 00:08:12.158 --> 00:08:15.761 if you make sure you're doing the right things, everything, you know? 201 00:08:15.761 --> 00:08:21.868 And then when COVID hit I actually was going to be a financial advisor actually, at Scotiabank. 202 00:08:21.868 --> 00:08:22.869 Colton: *Laughs* 203 00:08:22.869 --> 00:08:24.203 Colton: What? Sammy: Why are you laughing? 204 00:08:24.237 --> 00:08:24.971 Colton: What? 205 00:08:25.071 --> 00:08:27.106 Sammy: Yeah, because I used to be a teller during the time as well. 206 00:08:28.241 --> 00:08:31.911 Sammy: And I was like, okay I think being a financial advisor 207 00:08:31.911 --> 00:08:33.145 is probably more safe down the road; 208 00:08:33.246 --> 00:08:37.283 and then when COVID hit, obviously I was kind of stuck at home a lot, 209 00:08:37.283 --> 00:08:39.552 and then I was like I'll just edit my videos. 210 00:08:39.685 --> 00:08:41.988 Sammy: Like I'd just record random things like gameplays and stuff, 211 00:08:42.021 --> 00:08:43.523 and edit them and upload them. 212 00:08:43.523 --> 00:08:47.994 And then when a famous professional gamer retired 213 00:08:47.994 --> 00:08:51.831 and was looking for an additional editor for his YouTube channel, so then I applied. 214 00:08:51.864 --> 00:08:53.933 And I was just like, what's the worst that could happen? 215 00:08:54.033 --> 00:08:57.403 And I got it, and then that's kind of like where I kind of took off with my editing. 216 00:08:57.436 --> 00:09:01.007 And then like three years of freelancing, 16-hour workdays, 217 00:09:02.742 --> 00:09:05.177 you know, made a boatload of money, but I was like really exhausted. 218 00:09:05.278 --> 00:09:09.849 I was like, I want something more stable; so then I came to Linus Media Group. 219 00:09:10.416 --> 00:09:12.451 Colton: I worked at a bank for six months. 220 00:09:12.451 --> 00:09:12.752 Sammy: Oh, really? 221 00:09:12.752 --> 00:09:13.352 Colton: Yeah, I did. Sammy: Which- 222 00:09:13.352 --> 00:09:15.354 Colton: I wanted to work at a bank because I saw people wearing suits, 223 00:09:15.354 --> 00:09:17.456 and I was like successful people wear suits, right? 224 00:09:17.557 --> 00:09:19.392 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. Colton: And I got a job at a bank, and I made like minimum- 225 00:09:19.392 --> 00:09:21.160 It was a credit union, I made like minimum wage. 226 00:09:21.327 --> 00:09:22.595 Colton: Worked there for six months, and I quit. 227 00:09:22.662 --> 00:09:23.763 Colton and Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 228 00:09:23.763 --> 00:09:24.463 Sammy: I like being teller. 229 00:09:24.463 --> 00:09:26.465 Sammy: I feel like, dude teller was so fun. 230 00:09:26.499 --> 00:09:27.199 Colton: It was cool, yeah. 231 00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:31.437 Sammy: Yeah, I know like the amount of people that come in just for like $100 cash; 232 00:09:31.537 --> 00:09:36.576 I have like the lock in, like how I do that transaction. 233 00:09:36.709 --> 00:09:37.877 Colton: So they'll come in and I'll be like, 234 00:09:37.877 --> 00:09:40.212 like you know, as a person I don't know it's like hello, good sir, 235 00:09:40.212 --> 00:09:40.980 I can help you right here. 236 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:43.149 And it's like, how are you today? Good? Excellent. 237 00:09:43.182 --> 00:09:45.618 Like the card and everything; I'm like punching in the numbers. 238 00:09:45.718 --> 00:09:47.186 And then it's like, what would you like to do today? 239 00:09:47.286 --> 00:09:51.357 And then the second they say I would take out, I go into withdrawal cash and I take out- 240 00:09:51.357 --> 00:09:52.124 it's usually $100; 241 00:09:52.224 --> 00:09:52.758 Colton: Hahahahaha. 242 00:09:52.792 --> 00:09:55.828 Sammy: so it's like $100, and I put five 20s in the machine and everything. 243 00:09:55.828 --> 00:09:57.463 Sammy: And I'm just like, oh what kind of bills would you like? 244 00:09:57.463 --> 00:09:59.098 Sammy: But I already have it all like done. 245 00:09:59.098 --> 00:09:59.832 Colton: Hahahahaha. 246 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:02.535 Sammy: And then as I'm pointing it out, I'm like oh let me count it for you. 247 00:10:02.535 --> 00:10:04.370 $20, $40, $60, $80, $100. 248 00:10:04.437 --> 00:10:06.806 And it's like, would you like a receipt? And then he say no. 249 00:10:06.806 --> 00:10:08.574 And then, but then I hit yes anyway just in case. 250 00:10:08.708 --> 00:10:11.911 Sammy: And then they print it out, and then they walk away; it's like a minute transaction. 251 00:10:12.411 --> 00:10:14.146 Sammy: I got that thing locked. Colton: That was a minute explanation. 252 00:10:14.313 --> 00:10:17.483 Colton: Floatplane just went through that with you and they didn't even get $100. 253 00:10:17.483 --> 00:10:19.085 Sammy and Colton: Hahahahahahaha. 254 00:10:19.285 --> 00:10:22.989 Colton: You alluded to this earlier, but what is the coolest project you've gotten to work on? 255 00:10:23.122 --> 00:10:24.190 Sammy: Honestly, it's not even that. 256 00:10:24.190 --> 00:10:28.094 Sammy: I think the coolest project I got to work on is probably the Jimmy Fallon trip. 257 00:10:28.194 --> 00:10:31.564 Sammy: I remember when I was asked to go; it was like, it was like during CES. 258 00:10:31.564 --> 00:10:34.333 I was in the hotel working; James was like, hey do you want to go to New York? 259 00:10:34.433 --> 00:10:37.970 I was like, not really; but if it's for the company, I'll go. 260 00:10:38.104 --> 00:10:40.072 And he's like cool, we're going to Jimmy Fallon. 261 00:10:40.072 --> 00:10:41.941 Sammy: Im like what? Colton: Have you ever heard of a Jimmy Fallon? 262 00:10:41.941 --> 00:10:42.441 Sammy: Yeah, yeah. 263 00:10:42.908 --> 00:10:46.312 Sammy: The way I look at cool projects is like how many of the people, 264 00:10:46.312 --> 00:10:49.181 how many percentage of the people have actually done it? 265 00:10:49.181 --> 00:10:56.288 I think not everyone can say they've recorded a vlog inside of the Jimmy Fallon waiting room. 266 00:10:56.322 --> 00:10:57.223 Sammy: I think it's a cool thing. 267 00:10:57.323 --> 00:11:01.227 I didn't really get to meet him because I was like, it's traditional media, 268 00:11:01.227 --> 00:11:04.330 so I was like more not talking to the talent as much. 269 00:11:04.430 --> 00:11:05.231 Colton: Did you shake his hand? 270 00:11:05.464 --> 00:11:05.765 Sammy: No. 271 00:11:05.765 --> 00:11:06.198 Colton: No. 272 00:11:06.298 --> 00:11:10.736 Sammy: I dropped a water bottle when he was recording, and then I put in text; 273 00:11:10.870 --> 00:11:13.939 I dropped a water bottle, and everyone just looks down; that was so awkward. 274 00:11:15.708 --> 00:11:18.244 Sammy: But yeah, the Riley one was also cool but yeah, 275 00:11:18.244 --> 00:11:22.348 I think, I also think the Stepping Down CEO video that I edited was pretty cool. 276 00:11:22.381 --> 00:11:25.818 It's not like not everyone gets to edit like a milestone video like that, 277 00:11:25.851 --> 00:11:28.054 and I think that was a cool opportunity to do so. 278 00:11:28.721 --> 00:11:31.924 Colton: What jobs did you have before you worked at LMG? 279 00:11:32.058 --> 00:11:35.294 Sammy: Strictly speaking on the freelance stuff, 280 00:11:35.294 --> 00:11:37.863 I worked with a lot of, I think prominent creators. 281 00:11:37.863 --> 00:11:40.966 I worked with Snatic, and then I worked for TSM, 282 00:11:42.601 --> 00:11:49.575 and then I worked with Doublelift, and those are like kind of like my three, 283 00:11:49.575 --> 00:11:50.776 I think, my quote highlights. 284 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:56.348 Yeah, I was pretty into the streamer slash esports scene a lot; 285 00:11:56.515 --> 00:11:59.919 I never got a full, quote, unquote, like video editing job. 286 00:11:59.952 --> 00:12:01.787 Sammy: This is like my first one, so. 287 00:12:01.887 --> 00:12:03.489 Colton: What's the best video game console? 288 00:12:03.589 --> 00:12:05.758 Sammy: Best video game console? The Xbox. 289 00:12:05.758 --> 00:12:06.592 Colton: You can't say PC. 290 00:12:07.293 --> 00:12:08.828 Sammy: Okay; I'm actually not PC. 291 00:12:09.628 --> 00:12:11.731 Sammy: Xbox 360, I think that's the... 292 00:12:11.831 --> 00:12:12.364 Colton: W. 293 00:12:12.431 --> 00:12:15.067 Sammy: I remember when Modern Warfare 2 came out, 294 00:12:15.101 --> 00:12:17.169 and then you know the FAL with the holographic? 295 00:12:17.269 --> 00:12:18.003 Colton: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 296 00:12:18.003 --> 00:12:19.939 Sammy: Yeah, yeah, yeah; I can like do the trigger really fast. 297 00:12:20.206 --> 00:12:23.409 Sammy: People thought I was like cheating with like a trigger gun, 298 00:12:23.509 --> 00:12:25.111 but then that was just me doing it regularly. 299 00:12:25.177 --> 00:12:27.179 And then I just like destroyed people with that. 300 00:12:28.013 --> 00:12:29.115 Sammy: And then obviously Halo 3. 301 00:12:29.248 --> 00:12:31.617 There's a JRPG I played a lot called Blue Dragon. 302 00:12:31.717 --> 00:12:37.323 Sammy: I have so many good memories of the Xbox 360 that I even made a PC with an Xbox 360. 303 00:12:37.423 --> 00:12:38.557 But yeah I think... Colton: *drops phone* 304 00:12:39.091 --> 00:12:40.092 Colton: Hahahahaha! 305 00:12:40.126 --> 00:12:41.827 Colton: I dropped my phone; I'm sorry. Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 306 00:12:41.894 --> 00:12:44.663 Colton: Two truths and a lie; I don't remember what you said. 307 00:12:44.663 --> 00:12:48.000 Colton: But you took a really long time to figure out the third one, so I'm guessing that's the lie. Sammy: No no no, I got- 308 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.701 Sammy: Okay, so... 309 00:12:49.802 --> 00:12:50.803 Colton: You don't even remember. 310 00:12:50.803 --> 00:12:51.237 Sammy: Oh, God. 311 00:12:51.237 --> 00:12:51.971 Colton: I'm going to check the footage. 312 00:12:51.971 --> 00:12:53.205 Colton: Never got a speeding ticket... 313 00:12:53.205 --> 00:12:55.074 Sammy: Oh, never got it- Never got a speeding ticket. 314 00:12:55.875 --> 00:12:57.042 Colton: You're not very technical. 315 00:12:57.143 --> 00:12:58.344 Sammy: Oh yeah, I'm not very technical. 316 00:12:58.477 --> 00:12:59.612 Colton: I don't know what the other one was. 317 00:13:00.613 --> 00:13:03.082 Sammy: Oh god, um... 318 00:13:03.282 --> 00:13:09.922 Sammy: Okay well, the lie was the one I forgot; because it was that and- 319 00:13:09.922 --> 00:13:10.523 Colton: Oh, really!? 320 00:13:10.556 --> 00:13:11.724 Sammy: Yeah, I don't remember what it was. 321 00:13:11.724 --> 00:13:15.261 Colton: Not very technical, you have never gotten a speeding ticket. 322 00:13:15.261 --> 00:13:15.594 Sammy: Yeah. 323 00:13:15.661 --> 00:13:17.062 Colton: But then whatever the other one was, was a lie. 324 00:13:17.062 --> 00:13:17.596 Sammy: That was a lie. 325 00:13:17.596 --> 00:13:20.800 Colton: That both of us can't remember it from 23 minutes ago. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 326 00:13:20.833 --> 00:13:22.134 Sammy: That one was a lie. 327 00:13:22.234 --> 00:13:25.437 I think what's cool about working at Linus Media Group 328 00:13:25.437 --> 00:13:27.773 is you don't have to be very technically sound, 329 00:13:27.773 --> 00:13:30.876 which, I mean it does help a lot with your day-to-day. 330 00:13:30.976 --> 00:13:31.510 Colton: It does. 331 00:13:31.544 --> 00:13:32.745 Sammy: But you do not have to be. 332 00:13:32.778 --> 00:13:35.548 Sammy: I think it's a very common misconception about working at Linus Media Group, 333 00:13:35.548 --> 00:13:40.085 is that everyone has a nice X; or everyone's really technically sound or like whatever. 334 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:43.489 Sammy: I'm not, I could not- I just learned what a PCI is. 335 00:13:44.390 --> 00:13:48.093 Sammy: Because we have a lot of specialists like writers or Labs that can like 336 00:13:48.127 --> 00:13:49.962 help you like fill those gaps in. 337 00:13:50.062 --> 00:13:54.700 I think it does allow people who aren't very sound, like me, 338 00:13:54.867 --> 00:13:59.104 to still be able to output videos while not being totally understanding 339 00:13:59.104 --> 00:14:01.407 of what you're actually like trying to do; 340 00:14:01.407 --> 00:14:03.209 as long as you're like trying to understand what's going on and stuff. 341 00:14:03.342 --> 00:14:06.478 But yeah I think it's cool that anyone can work here 342 00:14:06.478 --> 00:14:08.681 as long as you're just like passionate about what you do. 343 00:14:09.114 --> 00:14:09.982 Colton: Good job, Sammy. 344 00:14:10.316 --> 00:14:12.117 Colton: We appreciate you dude. 345 00:14:12.251 --> 00:14:13.586 Sammy: Yeah, I appreciate you Floatplane. 346 00:14:13.686 --> 00:14:15.721 Sammy: And thank you Floatplane, for watching this video. 347 00:14:15.788 --> 00:14:17.389 Thanks for liking my Floatplane exclusives. 348 00:14:17.389 --> 00:14:19.225 Hope you've been enjoying them over the last year. 349 00:14:19.558 --> 00:14:20.626 Sammy: Sounds like I'm dying. 350 00:14:20.726 --> 00:14:21.794 Sammy: Sounds like I'm dying. 351 00:14:21.794 --> 00:14:22.728 Sammy and Colton: Hahahahahaha. 352 00:14:22.728 --> 00:14:26.165 Sammy: If you want to see any other Floatplane exclusives let me know. 353 00:14:26.198 --> 00:14:30.069 Well, I'm always reading comments; like, I'm always in comments. 354 00:14:30.069 --> 00:14:33.572 I'm always in the Discord as well; so, you know, leave comments. 355 00:14:33.706 --> 00:14:35.507 At me at- Don't at me, don't at me. 356 00:14:35.608 --> 00:14:37.943 Leave any comments on what kind of exclusives you guys want to see. 357 00:14:38.077 --> 00:14:40.679 Any suggestions, anything you guys want to see let me know. 358 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:44.149 I won't guarantee that I'll do it, but never know, right?