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Why a YouTuber could 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:06.400 possibly need nearly a hundred people on staff and some Oscar worthy performances 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:09.439 in the category of looking busy while my boss is standing over me watching. Why 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:13.200 don't we start with James? What's up, boss? Wow, you're doing a great job 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:17.280 entering that pin. You almost found the number pad. James, what would you say 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:22.240 you do here? Enable the other writers to do their best. Wow. And that after all 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:26.000 the rehearsal you obviously did. You see how concise that is? Pretty good. That 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.640 was good writing. It's good writing. In all seriousness though, I'm going to 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:34.079 need you to explain what you do because I can't even remember it anymore. I know you manage the writing team, which is 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:37.680 like a dozen people now. I help unblock them. I review some scripts cuz 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:41.520 remember, it's not just LT, it's also Mac Address and Channel Super Fun. I 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:45.920 make sure that their shoots happen on time. And when they do, I get ice cream 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:49.920 sandwiches for everyone. And when they don't, 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:53.840 uh, Ah, man. Is everyone else here on Are you on probation still? No. No, 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:57.280 you're not. What do you mean? Like 6 months? Yeah. in November. You've been 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:01.040 here that long? Yeah, like 10 months ago. Okay. Uh, what would you say you 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:06.479 do, Adam? Uh, I'm a writer and I make videos. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:07.840 Wow, that's fantastic. Computer. Well, 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:12.000 this one's coming along great. You just wait. He's actually the one organizing 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:17.520 this very video. So, he had to leap over here in his LT shorts. Nice, by the way. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:21.760 Love him. And pretend to write. Where the hell is everybody? We've got a 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:25.200 probationary employee. Alex isn't at his desk. Anony's not at his desk. Jake's 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:30.560 not even here. We're going to have to find some of these guys at some point. But in total, we have eight writers for 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:35.120 LT, 12 writers total, and we do a total of how many videos a week? Like 15. 15? 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:40.400 I don't think that's right. We do six LTS. One WAN Show, that's seven. Two 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:44.239 techies, that's nine. Three short circuits, that's 12. A Mac Address 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:47.840 theoretically a Channel Super Fun theoretically. And don't forget about 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.760 Techlink, that's another three a week. And don't forget about They're just 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:57.120 Move. and dad the the Just Movies podcast. Plof, what do you focus on? Uh, 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:03.519 I write things. No. My god. But what? Uh, display stuff and other things that 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:05.840 we cover. I do all the random stuff. 00:03:03.519 --> 00:03:10.879 Would you believe he hosts too? Oh yeah, sometimes. Yeah, I do. The SC is fun. 00:03:09.440 --> 00:03:14.640 You're writing about a water block right now. I can see. I was going to do other 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:17.519 things on screen for a j for a joke, but I think Yeah, maybe something you 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:21.200 actually did cuz I wrote most of that. Keep up the good work. You're going to 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:24.959 walk right past me. Okay, where are we going now? This is completely off the 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:30.879 rails at this point. Go talk to horse or something. Fine. 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:33.599 Go find someow. No, we're 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:36.799 the flow. Okay, well my work. Wait, did I Oh my god, Dennis, don't leave. What 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:41.120 are you I want to lick my face. What are you doing? Okay, we've got our channel 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:45.120 managers for Mac Address as well as Channel Super Fun. Dennis used to be an 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:50.080 editor, but now he's like, "Why are you always so close to me? 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:53.599 Don't you just I can't hold it. He's like being put on the spot. Yeah, that's 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:58.480 closer than I was holding it. I'll hold it. Okay. I don't Why are you moving 00:03:55.519 --> 00:04:02.560 away? Why are you so close? Just you can push Jonathan. Yeah. So, you do MAC 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:07.040 address? I do Mac Address. Hello. Yes, I can do this if you prefer. I like to 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:12.720 think of myself as someone who tries to show everyone here why Apple does the 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:16.079 things they do. Right now, I haven't actually watched it yet, but I love the 00:04:14.480 --> 00:04:20.000 title of the most recent video. I am going to watch it soon. Am I becoming a 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.199 hater? Do you think that being around all of us has made you see Apple in a 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:27.759 different light? I've always been a hater. I've always been cynical. All 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:33.440 right, that's fair enough. Now, Dennis, you used to be an editor here and now 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:36.919 what on earth do you do? I go I mostly I 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:36.919 spend my time 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:43.800 I spend a lot of time at your house and watch you naked three times total. 00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:51.360 I wouldn't describe it as super fun, but is it at least a little fun? It's not. 00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:54.000 It's not fun. It's not fun. So, Arthur, 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:58.000 what do you do here? Uh, I make memes. I mean, that is an actual position that we 00:04:55.919 --> 00:05:01.840 actually have. But in all seriousness, these guys have been absolutely crushing 00:04:59.919 --> 00:05:07.039 it. We've got Floatplane exclusives that have been just off the freaking 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:11.360 rails awesome lately. whether it's cutting room floor or original content. 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:16.639 Uh these guys have been doing a great job of I mean yeah making memes I guess 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:20.240 that really is like a big part of it among us. If you want to learn more 00:05:18.960 --> 00:05:24.720 about some of the people that we have here you can check out the meet the team 00:05:22.400 --> 00:05:29.039 series over where are you going? I'm going downstairs. 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:32.400 If you want to learn more about some of the people here the meet the team series 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:38.880 over on Floatplane is awesome. and their exclusive kind of behind the scenes content that Arthur and his 00:05:36.320 --> 00:05:41.919 helper put together. Where am I supposed to go next? Supposed to be up in the 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:47.680 lab. You're supposed to go to business. I think you're supposed to go to business. I'm informed that I'm supposed 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:50.880 to talk to the business team next. We'll start with the one and only Colton 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:55.840 Potter, who surprisingly has not actually been fired yet. Yeah, for I'm 00:05:54.639 --> 00:06:02.400 head of business development. I do business. What are you doing with this? Why are you holding it like that? Hey, 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:06.400 I'm going to let you finish, but just I do business stuff. Marketing, sales, 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:09.120 events. We're doing an event right now. Yeah. Land party. It's going to be 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:12.400 awesome. By the time you see this, it'll be over. So, don't try and sign up. 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:16.720 Yeah. Cool. That's it. That's it. Well, you said you were going to ask me something. Yeah. I don't want to ask 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:23.600 this in cam. Now, for the rest of the business team, where the hell is 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:27.680 everyone? Uh, vacation helping blur. 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:30.560 Okay. Well, fine. Go. All right. Hey, 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:34.560 Sean, sales supervisor here. Uh, oversee our accounts team. Essentially, we work 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:38.240 with all of our different partners from like the Intels, the AMDs, the 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.160 Samsung's. Now, how many customers would you say that each of our sales people 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:48.400 works with? Oh, I'd say at any given time, probably 30 to 40. 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:52.400 We're not going to get any applications anymore ever because that's a lot of 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:56.080 clients to have to work with. The business team also handles procurement, 00:06:54.240 --> 00:07:01.039 but neither of those guys appear to be here either. Oh, they've moved. We used 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:06.720 to manage the relationship with all the brands ourselves, but now we have Matt 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:08.560 and his helper who is on probation. And 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:12.160 what is it that you would say you do? I would say that we talk to all the brands 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:15.280 ahead of time so that we know what's coming out next, when it's coming out, 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:18.639 whether or not he can get his hands on it, and whether or not it's drop proof. 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:23.199 That's always pretty critical. Oh my god, enough. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:27.759 Thanks, Matt. Over here, we've got the accounting department, some of which is 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:34.560 still on probation. It used to be just my wife and now it's my wife is gone. 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:38.639 Okay, she's gone and Jake's gone. What is going on here? Oh, this is This 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:43.520 office is probably full of confidential stuff. Blur everything. Also in this 00:07:40.479 --> 00:07:46.319 office is other and then another 00:07:43.520 --> 00:07:51.039 probationary employee. Wow. Other has some really cool Lego flowers. Are these 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:56.400 cool or what? All right. Once we've procured the stuff. Yeah. Where does it 00:07:52.880 --> 00:07:59.280 go? It goes to your mama. No. Okay. 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:06.879 Logistics. Logistics. Let's go. Welcome to the hold. This is the logistics 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:10.879 department where Serge, Jamie, Nicholas, 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:13.280 Dan, Alex, Dick, all do their Oh my god, 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:19.440 it is a mess in here. Dan. No, it's not. Give Dan the mic. 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:22.080 Are you kidding me right now? No. Hi. 00:08:19.440 --> 00:08:28.639 These guys do everything from inventorying and stickering things that 00:08:24.400 --> 00:08:31.199 come in to rearranging sets to right now 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:34.959 building up the computers for our whale ticket holders at the whale land. That's 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:38.800 right. How does it feel to be working on something so pointless given that four 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:43.839 out of the five whale ticket holders told us they already have better computers anyway? It's a good use of my 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:47.440 time. Better than sweeping up uh you know HQ2 in this heat. Yeah. Yeah, 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:51.920 that's fair. Is that where everyone else is? Yeah. Oh, you should show the other cool thing you did recently with the 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:55.600 mockup with the thing with the panels. Oh, yeah, sure. Here is your mockup. 00:08:53.839 --> 00:09:02.320 Check this out. That's the theater room at my house. And those are the exact 00:08:58.959 --> 00:09:04.480 dimensions of our LTT acoustic panel 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:09.680 frames that we're working on. So, we are going to absolutely deck this room out 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:13.040 with them. How many uh did you say I would need of the of the little modular 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:17.440 connectors? So, yeah, it looks like we need 1,700. 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:21.920 Cool. Yeah. All right, let me tell you something I 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:26.880 know about Serge. All right, fire away. When something needs to be picked up at 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:29.839 my house, Serge is the guy. Oh, is that 00:09:26.880 --> 00:09:33.760 all you think I do around here? No, but darn it, you are so fast at it. Well, if 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:38.880 you're wondering what else I do, I also handle your crossber stuff that comes 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:42.320 across. So, Commamino server, you name it. Like the EMC thing, testing chamber. 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:46.720 I was dealing with that as well. Little import things. Yeah, things I also deal with customs and brokerage and I look 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:51.040 read all the trade laws. so you don't have to. That's actually pretty 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:56.160 critical. Um, Nicholas, I would say, is our specialist when it comes to cooling, 00:09:53.760 --> 00:10:02.399 component repair, stuff like that, like super geeky stuff. Uh, 3D printing, that 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:05.440 kind of thing. Uh, Alex D is the manager 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:07.200 of the team here. So, he coordinates, I 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:10.880 mean, really the higher level things that logistics does. So, kitting out a 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:15.279 new building, for example, is going to fall on mostly Alex and Dan. And then 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:19.120 the rest of them are going to make sure that it actually happens. And then they do a lot of the making sure it actually 00:10:17.920 --> 00:10:23.839 happens. We have five people in logistics now. I mean, if you look 00:10:21.040 --> 00:10:27.839 around though, there is a lot to keep organized. So, here's incoming items to 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:31.360 be inventoried. Here's things to be returned to inventory. I brought this 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:35.440 back from my house by the way. Um, so that Yeah, that was me. I just dropped 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:40.320 it there this morning. Picking up after me is a lot of work and not everything 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:45.200 they do is logistic stuff. the set design and actually the production setup 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:49.760 over here, particularly the audio was handled by the logistics department. 00:10:46.880 --> 00:10:53.279 Everything from design to fabrication to building out the set to actually running 00:10:51.760 --> 00:10:59.920 all of these cables and making sure that the WAN Show and and they're just movies 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.519 podcast sound and look awesome. Where is 00:10:59.920 --> 00:11:06.160 everybody? I'm here. I know I know you're there, 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:11.920 but like Andy's not here and David's not here. I'm kidding, David. I'm kidding. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:14.959 I'm kidding. Brandon, I think many of our viewers probably aren't familiar 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:19.760 with you. So, yeah, I've never I haven't worked here for very long. Yeah, not very long. Definitely fresh meat. What 00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:23.839 do I do here? Yeah. Well, if it has anything to do with lighting or pointing 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:27.760 a camera at something and it's on one of our channels, I'm one of the shooters. 00:11:26.160 --> 00:11:31.600 So, one of the people who is doing exactly what's happening to me right 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:36.079 now. Very good. In all seriousness though, massive shout out to those of 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:40.320 you who actually notice and care about what these guys do. I actually forwarded 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:43.680 you guys some comments and some emails that I got recently where people are 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:49.680 just like, "Yeah, you know, I don't really notice the production values on LT until I go to other channels." 00:11:47.680 --> 00:11:53.440 Honestly speaking, I'd say that is the highest praise that you can give to a 00:11:51.519 --> 00:12:00.000 team like this where they just make it look kind of effortless. Um, really? 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:01.920 Yeah, I promise you it's not effortless. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:06.399 It's very It's very high. The stuff is like actually heavy. That's something 00:12:03.839 --> 00:12:10.959 all of our camera guys have in common is like they're not stick things. They 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:16.240 actually have to like move stuff a lot. Uh Andy here is our sort of supervisor 00:12:13.760 --> 00:12:20.240 for the camera department. So uh what do you do that's different from just 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:25.519 operating a camera? Merge photo and uh I sometime like help writing feedback for 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:30.800 new shooters. I do a little bit like Chinese thing procurement. Oh that's 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:36.560 right. Yeah. Andy's our guy. If there's some like super weird thing we need from 00:12:33.839 --> 00:12:40.240 China, this guy has connections. Yeah, it's kind of weird actually. Naturally, 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:46.720 once we shoot the videos, somebody's got to edit them. Let's see if my production 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:50.880 manager is here. Ah, yes. One of the 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:54.000 original gangsters, Edel Yago. Does this 00:12:50.880 --> 00:12:56.160 actually work? Like, is that Yeah, 00:12:54.000 --> 00:13:00.480 Ed manages our editing team, which is now a total of Holy crap. Do you have 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:04.560 like 15 people? Did you count yourself? 12 13. Did you count the camera, guys? 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:08.639 15. Technically, you overseas. Who said 15? Me. Okay. Yeah, you're right. Are 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:13.279 you going to tell them what you do or do you want me to tell them what you do? Ed's camera shy. You should see his 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:18.480 first video that he hosted way back in the day. We tried him out as an on 00:13:14.880 --> 00:13:20.959 camera host and he was he was so sweaty. 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:26.000 I had to run back and forth between the camera and prompter. 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:30.160 Uh, what do I do here? That's really good question. Really good question. And 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:34.880 I am going to pack my things because I knew this was going to come. Ed does 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:38.959 scheduling. He also does hiring for the editing department. And lately he's 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:44.079 actually been doing a ton of R&D including coordinating with YouTube as 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:49.760 well as Adobe on HDR content. Name Deleted here is finally a dedicated 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:53.360 thumbnail artist. We should have had one freaking ages ago. There are YouTube 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:56.959 channels literally a tenth our size that have a dedicated thumbnail artist. Uh 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:01.040 she also does a ton of the merch photos now, including both the photography and 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:05.040 the photoshopping of them. The delightful one with the dog pulling down 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:10.560 my pants. Uh that was her work. And then we've also got Scott. What a dick. 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:16.320 That's Scott. Sorry. Uh what would you say you do here? Um I document Linus, 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:19.120 drop tips. Everything you drop, I I got to show the public. Thank you. That was 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:25.519 bound to happen. All right. We've also got Emily, who is an editor plus. Plus, 00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:30.240 yes, I help out a little bit. Yeah, when Ed and Nicole are not here, then I make 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:35.199 sure that these guys do their job. Good job, Emily. And she even knows that she 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:43.880 does it, which is excellent. Also in here, we've got the one and only, the 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:43.880 meme kingiest, Alex Puffin. Hi. 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:49.440 You're going to give me nothing? No. 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:54.160 When he edits this video, he's going to make it so that his segment is like the 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:59.480 balmst segment out of the whole video. And he's going to do it purely in 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:59.480 editing. That's really his superpower. 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:07.519 Oh wow. The whole microphone was a lie. This is just a road wireless goto. Oh 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:10.079 yeah. What's up? What's up? You're relatively 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:15.920 new. I forget your name. I'm sorry. Andrew. See, you don't have a name like Scott where I can just be like, "That's 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:19.600 Scott. What a dick." Yeah. Well, I'm happy about that. Yeah, it worked out 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:24.399 great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What do I do? I edit and I shoot some stuff as well. All 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:28.720 right. Fantastic. We have a lot to shoot and a lot to edit. Robert. Hello. I'm 00:15:27.199 --> 00:15:32.480 Robert. I'm one of the editors. And you know you're Robert. You're standing in the editing. You know you're an editor. 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:39.040 Come on, man. Help me out here. Basically, my job is I make him look good. That's a tough job. Hi, Nicole. 00:15:36.880 --> 00:15:45.279 Hi. Hi. Everybody knew I was coming. Come 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:48.399 on, people. Um, I help schedule videos. 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:50.880 I help Ed with a lot of other things as 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:56.079 well. I assign people to videos and I heard that Alex is now assigned to this 00:15:53.199 --> 00:16:02.320 video. Oh, hi Mark. Hi. How are you? I mean, uh, I did not hit her. 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:07.440 That was That's That's a line. Okay. Mark's one of our editors, resident 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:09.120 hoarder, resident Mac user. Why is this 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:13.120 still here? Do you know how many times I've tried to give this thing away? This 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:16.000 weird NZXT helmet. I took it. It was great. I can see that. But you know the 00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:20.880 problem that you have is not going to get any better by taking more random 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:23.519 crap. It's not data. What? Oh, no. You've seen Oh, you're talking about my 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:28.959 call. Yeah, I'm talking about your other hoarding problem. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have Okay. Yeah. Uh, fair enough. Throw 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:33.040 it away. But it's at work. It's not. It's not supposed to be at work. I'll 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:37.600 throw it away. Thank you. Hi, Marcus. What are you working on? I'm working on 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:40.160 Techquickie, so I just stare at whoever 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:44.000 is hosting eight hours a day. Okay, cool. Uh James knows he has a little 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:47.360 something right in the crotch area there, right? Yeah, I should I should uh 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:51.920 crop it out there. Thanks. That's a lot better. Yeah, that's everyone down here. 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:57.440 Y that's good. Probably. Yeah, except your uh coc chief. 00:16:55.440 --> 00:17:02.320 Cool. I think we all know what David does. David operates the camera and also 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:06.400 is on the There's Movies podcast and also contributes to some of our retro 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:10.640 gaming content because he's turned into something of an enthusiast lately. This 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:14.000 is the thing. This whole work from home trend. You want to make a video, you 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:17.839 want to take a group picture or something, everybody's freaking at home, 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:22.640 man. I was talking to another YouTuber who was commiserating with me about like 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:26.799 business overhead and they gave me the number for their monthly payroll, and 00:17:24.959 --> 00:17:32.559 they were like, "Yeah, man. It's like," and I was like, "Let me tell you." We 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:38.880 had customer care agents like Adam and Nolan who take care of all of the 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:41.440 incoming tickets for our ow. Dang it. 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:47.840 Merch sales. We've got everything from pillows to t-shirts to to plushies to 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:52.320 the upcoming backpack. We did a video recently showing off a lot of the stuff 00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:58.160 that's coming down the line. At that time, h this is unfortunate. At least 00:17:55.039 --> 00:18:00.240 some of these guys were in office. But 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:06.880 today, I don't see Bridget. I don't see Matthew. I don't see Alama Day. But the 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:09.440 engineering department is here. 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:14.480 Da da. You're not live, right? No. No, we're not live. Act like we are, though. 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:20.400 No. So, be nice. Am I not nice? No. No. Otherwise, why 00:18:17.760 --> 00:18:24.240 would I say that? That hurts. Kyle's the engineering manager here. He's been 00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:30.240 tasked with a multitude of projects. Uh, most importantly, our d LT screwdriver, 00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:34.640 but he's also worked on like a battery bank, like RGB accessory of some sort. 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:38.320 He helps the other guys out when they run into roadblocks and has actually 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:42.799 helped us out a lot when it comes to just general procurement best practices 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:48.400 because he actually has experience in it unlike us. Um, I also did some of the 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:53.440 initial hiring for the Labs and kicking that off the ground before Gary came 00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:55.520 along and he has great taste in cars. 00:18:53.440 --> 00:19:01.120 Honestly, it was so validating for me when our first like actual engineering 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:07.200 hire came on staff and drove the exact same car as me. I was like, "Now that is 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:08.720 a practical car. Stop timing." Oh, hi. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:13.200 How it goes. Is there anything you can actually talk about or is everything top 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:18.880 secret? I mean, I guess I kind of almost everything. So, yeah. No, I don't have 00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:22.160 anything new. Tiny is our resident 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:25.039 physical, you know, therapy guru. You 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:29.120 can you can see that he's the king when it comes to balance boards. And that's 00:19:27.280 --> 00:19:32.880 not all of the things. That's two of the many things. Look how many things there 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:36.320 are. I actually designed this thing and own a patent on it. Really? Really? 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:41.600 Really? So, this is a patented balance board. And I won't die if I try to use 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:46.880 it. I would not say that. Hold on. No, no, no. I'm good. I'm good. I got this. 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:50.160 I got this. All right, Jacob. What's up? 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:53.440 Hello. How's it going? This is exciting. 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:55.679 Jacob, can we show the power bar holder? 00:19:53.440 --> 00:20:00.000 I gave all of my prototypes to Are you freaking kidding me? He's filming a 00:19:57.760 --> 00:20:03.520 video. It is coming. Spoiler. How about the power brick one? Wait, no, I showed 00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:06.799 that one in the last one. The power bar one. You don't have a single power bar 00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:11.679 holder? How about an early prototype? Uh, show me a crappy power bar holder. 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:15.919 So, what does he do here? I'm doing product design with these guys. I'm 00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:20.480 working on some stuff that involves magnetism and also uh high volume 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:24.960 production. So, I'll work on quality control and like uh validating suppliers 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:28.559 and things like that. Yeah. So, I went ahead and ran off with every single 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:32.480 common power bar I could find and ordered more online and stuff. The goal 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:38.720 here was I wanted to have something that interfaces with as many of these keyhole 00:20:35.280 --> 00:20:41.280 slots as we could and then make it as I 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:45.600 suppose easy to use as possible and not finicky. This is an older prototype. 00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:48.799 Yeah. So, it's a little finicky. Ease just put it on there. And once that's on 00:20:47.520 --> 00:20:53.679 there, if you have a metal strip on the bottom of your desk or a metal surface, 00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:56.799 there goes your power bar. And most of them are going to have two of them on 00:20:55.039 --> 00:21:00.159 them obviously, so it'll totally hold it in place. And this is also much weaker 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:05.919 compared to the final one. We have final ones that are so strong due to magnetic 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:10.320 simulation stuff that you can actually unplug things without it pulling off the 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:15.039 the power bar. And you can see even this one, the early one holds as long as it's 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:18.960 right above the magnet. Lloyd designs delightful t-shirts like this one. Got 00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:23.440 some new plushies coming. All that kind of good stuff. You have no idea what 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:28.000 these are, but they're cute. Sarah does more graphic design as well as product 00:21:25.760 --> 00:21:31.840 design for things like our notebooks, which you can find on LT. Oh, wait. This 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:37.360 isn't ours. Our notebooks that we sell on ltstore.com, as well as our toques or 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:41.760 beanies. And in here, we've got the business folks from Creator Warehouse. 00:21:39.760 --> 00:21:46.559 So, Bridget and Kyle manage their respective departments. And then Nick is 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:51.280 in charge of the whole shebang. He used to be our business development manager 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:55.600 for LTT, but then moved on to bigger and better things to be replaced temporarily 00:21:53.360 --> 00:22:01.039 by Colton until we find a suitable, you know, long-term fit for the job. Then 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:05.520 this is Natalie. She works on just like logistics basically, but not like what 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:10.400 our logistics department does, like like the logistics of like containers of 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:13.200 things coming in. 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:17.440 Crap. Serge, you were saying you like drive 00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:22.320 things. I do. Yes. Okay. Can you drive us to where? Yeah, we need to go to lab 00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:28.240 2. Sure. Let's go. Okay. After a short ride, we've arrived at Lab 2. I mean, 00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:32.000 most of you only see the videos. But if it wasn't for the large team that we 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:36.000 have behind the scenes, there would be no way for me to lose money on a scale 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:40.000 like this. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Floor space. Floor space. Marketing floor 00:22:37.760 --> 00:22:43.919 space. New marketing guy. What does the marketing guy do? We've hired a lot of 00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:47.200 people lately. Everyone we've blurred or covered up started in the last three 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:52.400 months. It's been insane. Uh the marketing guy does marketing for Float 00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:54.799 Plane, LMG's channels, LTX, and that's 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:59.200 it. LT Store. You probably haven't noticed it yet because he just started. 00:22:57.120 --> 00:23:02.720 And also like Colton's been guiding him. So, can only expect so much. Yeah. He's 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:08.799 got to be a self starter. You know what I'm saying? What's up, Jake? Okay. Hi. 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.760 Hi. This is the Jake Show. Hello. What's going on? Okay, you're taking us way 00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:15.600 over to the probationary employee again. Hey, probation. Come on. You can't do 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:21.679 making extra work for the editor. So, Lionus, what what do you do here? Well, 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:26.240 I roll in anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes 00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:27.840 late. I I get dragged around by James um 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:31.360 to wherever it is that I'm supposed to be or Jake. Jake's actually been doing 00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:34.640 more of like a supervisory role for the writing department. James was on Patly 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:38.140 for a bit. Screw that guy. Jake had to Jake had to cover for him. Um I look 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:43.120 pretty. for the camera. Is that a Dennis Leo 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:48.240 exclusive? Yeah. Thank you. This has been This has been wonderful. The 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:51.760 cooling alone for this 150 attendee land 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:53.280 party is apparently costing $13,000. 00:23:51.760 --> 00:23:57.919 Chase, get over here and explain. No, you can't point there. Did Colton 00:23:54.799 --> 00:24:00.080 approve this? $13,000 for cooling? Uh, 00:23:57.919 --> 00:24:05.520 yeah, but you also approved a land party in the summer, so Oh, so it's my fault. 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:11.039 Chase is our events coordinator. He does like lounge night. He does this. He does 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:16.799 kind of large weird sponsored shoots like that PC or no PC thing. Yeah, he 00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:23.679 was hired to run LTX and then boom, pandemic lol jokes. Um, thanks for that. 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:25.919 Great job on LTX. We found them, folks. 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:30.400 Alex D, manager of the logistics department, who takes my dreams and 00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:34.720 makes them close to reality. Yeah, sometimes they don't turn out the right 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:38.880 color. Yeah, the walls in there are supposed to be gray. Uh, can you explain 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:43.840 the dusty brown? Um, yeah, it's kind of like a uh um Jamie put it the right way. 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:47.840 It's like a uh um a beverage holder. 00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:49.200 Well, anyway, uh this was coordinated at 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:54.159 the last minute. So, this was a collaborative effort between logistics 00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:57.520 and event planning. Uh this is the $13,000 00:24:55.679 --> 00:25:01.360 air conditioner that because it was so last minute, we couldn't just buy our 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:05.679 own air conditioner and put it up on the roof. We're just blowing away money. See 00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:09.120 you later money. So that's pretty cool. Good work. Yeah. Well, I mean, if you 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:13.200 want to put AC on there, it's at least 150,000. Are you serious? Yeah, that's 00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:18.320 the lowest quote I got. You know, we're doing that though, right? Oh, yeah. I know. It won't happen till next year, 00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:21.760 though, unfortunately. Holy. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Flow plane. Where the hell's Flow 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:25.360 Plane? I know two of our Floatplane people are attending the land, but 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:29.600 they're mostly like scattered around the globe. They build our own like uh 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:33.760 inventory management system on top of maintaining our video streaming platform 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:37.279 which now has over 27,000 paying subscribers. Shout out you guys. 00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:42.000 Flowplane. Oh yeah, they do a ton of the dev work for ltstore.com. Did we miss 00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:46.720 anyone? God, there's so many people who work here. Oh yeah, John, one of our 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:50.320 writers. He's based in North Carolina. And I think I think that's everybody 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:55.440 from my checklist. Okay, that's a lot of people, Lionus. Yeah. And aren't we 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:56.880 hiring more? linusmedi.com/job 00:25:55.440 --> 00:26:00.240 I think or something like that is where you can find the latest listings. We got 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:05.520 to like chill out though. You know we're headed for like a global recession, right? You wouldn't know it walking 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:09.520 around here. See you later. If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe go check out 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:13.039 the creator warehouse specific tour where we talked a little bit more in 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:16.000 detail about what the people there do with the obsession exception of Nick who 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:20.880 runs the whole thing which was really funny. Uh he doesn't think it's funny. He's going to be mad when he sees this.