WEBVTT 00:00:00.260 --> 00:00:03.620 What's it like to work at Linus Media Group? 00:00:04.680 --> 00:00:06.080 Well, I think it's great. 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.140 I mean, my name's on the building. 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:09.740 You know how that feels, walking up and being like, 00:00:09.820 --> 00:00:10.900 yeah, my name's on the building. 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:12.680 But if you want the real answer, 00:00:12.780 --> 00:00:15.520 you'll probably have to ask the poor schmucks 00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:17.960 who do the actual grunt work around here. 00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:19.380 So we made a deal. 00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:22.000 They said, if you agree not to watch the video, 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:24.960 we will give the viewers the real honest answer. 00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:28.110 And I kind of went, okay. 00:00:28.110 --> 00:00:42.330 The BeQuiet! 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00:01:18.200 he locks up shop, leaves, doesn't even consider me. 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:20.200 He's coming at you with all this energy 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:21.620 and all this drive, 00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:23.200 and you just kind of have to match that. 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:26.160 Like, has no semblance of personal time 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:28.720 and is more than willing to, like, 00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:31.240 spend every hour of his life working. 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:32.940 Linus, as a leader, I think, 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.320 has always been specifically good 00:01:35.320 --> 00:01:37.800 at inspiring drastic action. 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:40.700 And he transforms that once you're already here 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:44.240 to inspire gratuitous amounts of overtime 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:47.460 that may or may not be. 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:50.260 Linus had this idea to make videos 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:52.160 about building a computer 00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:55.260 to a level that no one else had ever tried to make. 00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:57.000 So this was our first build guide. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.040 It took us, like, 18 hours. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:01.620 Close down the retention ARM. 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:03.180 Little bit of strength required here. 00:02:03.940 --> 00:02:07.000 I think we finished at, like, 4 a.m. 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:08.000 I have never... 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:09.580 I have never regretted anything more 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:11.540 than taking the job at Linus Media Group 00:02:11.540 --> 00:02:13.700 for the first two weeks. 00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:16.160 And after that, things got a lot better. 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:18.060 We had so much work to do. 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:19.660 Linus is very decisive, 00:02:20.040 --> 00:02:22.600 but he's very vague in his decisiveness. 00:02:22.820 --> 00:02:23.800 He doesn't really know 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:26.440 how you're going to do something, 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:28.160 just what you're going to do. 00:02:28.380 --> 00:02:30.600 When Linus tells you that something will be done 00:02:30.600 --> 00:02:31.300 in two hours, 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:34.100 I always double the amount of time in my head. 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:36.400 And more often than not, I am correct. 00:02:36.540 --> 00:02:38.420 Quite a bit of fun to work for 00:02:38.420 --> 00:02:41.040 in, like, a constantly disorganized 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:42.980 and a bit wacky kind of way. 00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:45.320 So I've never used a reciprocating saw. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:46.460 Ooh! 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:47.780 And it's plugged in. 00:02:48.620 --> 00:02:50.880 I get kind of weird demands from Linus. 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:52.820 Like I said, not working with him much, 00:02:52.900 --> 00:02:53.680 I get demands like, 00:02:53.720 --> 00:02:54.600 can you paint my face? 00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:55.440 Can you find this? 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:56.100 Can you do that? 00:02:56.160 --> 00:02:56.820 So as a leader, 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:59.460 I'd say he's very random and interesting. 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.820 So I never heard one of my bosses, like, 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:05.680 fart audibly from across the office before, but... 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:06.820 If you're wondering at any point 00:03:06.820 --> 00:03:07.820 if we're actually... 00:03:08.420 --> 00:03:10.420 as unorganized and incompetent 00:03:10.420 --> 00:03:12.220 as we seem on camera, 00:03:12.620 --> 00:03:14.020 it's actually like that. 00:03:14.020 --> 00:03:14.920 We're not faking that. 00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:17.720 And actually, this was a mistake. 00:03:18.220 --> 00:03:20.220 I mean, everything about this was a mistake, 00:03:20.220 --> 00:03:22.120 but this in particular, filling the glass, 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:23.020 that was a mistake. 00:03:24.610 --> 00:03:26.410 He had, like, the jankiest setup. 00:03:26.610 --> 00:03:28.510 And as I walk away, 00:03:29.210 --> 00:03:30.510 the test bench fell. 00:03:30.810 --> 00:03:33.410 And it's probably the scariest moment in my life. 00:03:33.410 --> 00:03:35.310 Linus comes back, everything's on the floor. 00:03:35.410 --> 00:03:37.810 We lost the footage of something 00:03:37.810 --> 00:03:39.010 that had been shot earlier, 00:03:39.010 --> 00:03:41.210 where Linus was installing something in his attic. 00:03:41.510 --> 00:03:44.410 Linus was definitely yelling and swearing. 00:03:44.410 --> 00:03:46.810 Like, I've broken some stuff back since before, 00:03:47.310 --> 00:03:48.010 and he was mad. 00:03:48.010 --> 00:03:49.410 But that's, like, really short, 00:03:49.910 --> 00:03:51.410 you know, a short burst of anger. 00:03:51.410 --> 00:03:53.810 It's very rare where you're freaking out and I'm not. 00:03:53.810 --> 00:03:56.310 I only freak out when it's really, really bad. 00:03:59.310 --> 00:04:00.110 Whenever he's like, 00:04:00.110 --> 00:04:01.210 no, no, it's okay. 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:02.110 And then he walks away. 00:04:02.210 --> 00:04:02.610 What? 00:04:02.610 --> 00:04:04.810 That's the GPS antenna. 00:04:05.110 --> 00:04:05.610 Yeah. 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:09.200 Okay. 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:13.180 Everything is fine. 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:15.000 Everything is fine. 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:16.400 And I am calm. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.900 And once he gets to a certain boiling point, 00:04:18.900 --> 00:04:20.600 you can just, you can feel it. 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.400 I'm kind of mad where he gets really high-pitched and goes, 00:04:28.710 --> 00:04:30.010 I was doing the WAN doc, 00:04:30.410 --> 00:04:32.110 and I messed up one of the topics, 00:04:32.110 --> 00:04:34.010 and he came upstairs and he just said, you're fired. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:36.800 And I didn't know if he was joking or not. 00:04:37.300 --> 00:04:40.000 So I just continued working and everything went fine. 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:41.600 And then about a week later, 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.400 I accidentally copyright striked our channel. 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:46.100 And then Linus said, you're fired. 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:48.760 And I thought that time maybe he was serious. 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:49.560 Cause you know, 00:04:49.760 --> 00:04:51.860 I almost took down the whole channel single-handedly. 00:04:52.260 --> 00:04:54.960 I've had some terrible, terrible bosses. 00:04:55.260 --> 00:04:56.360 Sometimes, you know, 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:57.460 I've been able to get one, 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.460 either like a boss who knew what they were doing, 00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:01.660 or like a boss who like cares about people. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.460 But getting both of those together has been a new experience. 00:05:05.960 --> 00:05:06.960 He's really professional, 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:08.260 like an efficient, 00:05:08.260 --> 00:05:09.860 like he doesn't like to waste time. 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:14.650 I am nothing if not willing to do things entirely the wrong way 00:05:14.650 --> 00:05:16.450 for the sake of finishing this video right now. 00:05:16.950 --> 00:05:20.150 After 30 minutes of me sitting out front of the door, 00:05:20.150 --> 00:05:22.450 just waiting for somebody to like answer the door. 00:05:22.750 --> 00:05:23.650 He calls me and he goes, 00:05:23.650 --> 00:05:25.050 oh, I completely forgot about her interview. 00:05:25.250 --> 00:05:27.350 And Linus is like, this question is stupid. 00:05:27.350 --> 00:05:28.250 This one's dumb. 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:29.550 I don't want to ask this one. 00:05:30.050 --> 00:05:32.050 And then he puts it, puts down the paper and goes, 00:05:32.050 --> 00:05:35.530 all right, are you into bestiality? 00:05:35.530 --> 00:05:36.830 Do you watch bestiality? 00:05:37.820 --> 00:05:40.020 I was like the 25th person to get interviewed. 00:05:40.320 --> 00:05:41.920 By the time he got to me and I was last, 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.120 I think he had a real strict regimen of what he wanted to get through. 00:05:45.320 --> 00:05:48.220 And he probably didn't have any time or energy 00:05:48.220 --> 00:05:49.720 to waste on any bullshit. 00:05:50.730 --> 00:05:51.430 Excuse me? 00:05:52.030 --> 00:05:53.130 He's like, yeah, you heard me. 00:05:53.530 --> 00:05:55.030 And I'm like, uh, no. 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:57.920 And he's like, ha, just messing with you. 00:05:58.320 --> 00:06:01.720 He found my Twitter and read all of my tweets, 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:03.220 asked me why I tweeted that, 00:06:03.220 --> 00:06:05.720 what that meant, who I follow, why I follow them. 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.820 So that was a little bit offside for me. 00:06:07.820 --> 00:06:10.520 It was fine, but a little bit strange. 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.920 The first interaction I had with Linus, 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:15.720 actually on the phone, was my first interview. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.320 It was at an Indian restaurant with his children. 00:06:19.020 --> 00:06:21.450 It was kind of like a first date, 00:06:21.450 --> 00:06:24.450 but someone brought along a baby. 00:06:25.450 --> 00:06:28.450 The whole thing was full of really bad jokes. 00:06:28.950 --> 00:06:31.650 So I was, a lot of nervous laughs and stuff like that. 00:06:31.950 --> 00:06:34.250 Yeah, it was like an interview, but I didn't know it was an interview. 00:06:34.250 --> 00:06:36.150 I was just literally there to have lunch with him. 00:06:36.550 --> 00:06:38.650 One of the things that I actually like about the relationship 00:06:38.650 --> 00:06:42.250 that Linus and I have is I can no filter and he can no filter 00:06:42.250 --> 00:06:44.150 and everyone's fine when we're done. 00:06:44.650 --> 00:06:47.250 When I started, he didn't really know what he was doing. 00:06:47.450 --> 00:06:48.950 I didn't really know what I was doing. 00:06:49.650 --> 00:06:53.650 And we both kind of grew into figuring that out. 00:06:53.950 --> 00:06:58.350 Undo this stupid thing and then undo this other stupid, ridiculous thing. 00:06:58.750 --> 00:06:59.950 They are stupid. 00:07:00.250 --> 00:07:04.250 I'm sure there's stuff that comes up that catches him off guard or whatever, 00:07:04.250 --> 00:07:08.750 but he seems to be pretty on top of everything at all times. 00:07:08.950 --> 00:07:11.350 Very well prepared for everything that comes up. 00:07:11.550 --> 00:07:12.550 I hate when he's right. 00:07:12.650 --> 00:07:13.650 He hates when I'm right. 00:07:13.650 --> 00:07:18.050 But we're both often right about the things that we're respectively working on. 00:07:19.470 --> 00:07:22.070 And that balance is fun and also frustrating. 00:07:22.570 --> 00:07:26.370 I'm pretty sure I've only probably talked to him one-on-one 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:29.860 for maybe about I want to say 15 minutes. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.860 Been here for two years because he's just so busy just back and forth. 00:07:34.260 --> 00:07:35.760 It's kind of like hide-and-seek. 00:07:35.960 --> 00:07:37.360 I always need to find him. 00:07:37.460 --> 00:07:43.560 On the car ride to or from somewhere is when we can actually talk about whatever. 00:07:43.760 --> 00:07:46.460 So that's when you actually get to know him as a person. 00:07:46.660 --> 00:07:48.060 Whereas when we're all at work, 00:07:48.260 --> 00:07:48.960 there's really 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:50.760 time for nothing else but working. 00:07:51.460 --> 00:07:52.160 Throughout the years, 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.360 I kind of saw Linus as like this crazy maniac 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:59.760 and I was just trying to help him do whatever it was he was trying to achieve. 00:07:59.960 --> 00:08:03.760 But recently because I've taken on managerial roles, 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.860 he's more of a teacher than before. 00:08:07.850 --> 00:08:10.450 And I don't want to turn into him, 00:08:10.450 --> 00:08:14.550 but I'd like to steal some of his skills. 00:08:14.950 --> 00:08:17.750 It's a lot more structured here than I think a lot of people would assume. 00:08:17.850 --> 00:08:18.850 Compared to the beginning, 00:08:18.850 --> 00:08:20.150 things are a lot more corporate. 00:08:20.350 --> 00:08:26.050 It seems like we're a lot less mobile or agile to just change directions. 00:08:26.150 --> 00:08:31.350 There's intense meetings and there's deep statistical analysis. 00:08:31.550 --> 00:08:32.350 All this kind of stuff, 00:08:32.350 --> 00:08:37.750 which doesn't make it feel as like fun. 00:08:38.350 --> 00:08:43.050 It's actually really refreshing to have a working relationship with somebody who's, 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:43.950 well, 00:08:43.950 --> 00:08:45.050 the CEO of the company. 00:08:45.810 --> 00:08:46.310 But, 00:08:46.510 --> 00:08:46.810 you know, 00:08:46.810 --> 00:08:48.310 we're working together side by side. 00:08:48.310 --> 00:08:48.910 He understands. 00:08:49.010 --> 00:08:55.810 He understands the value of spending good money on employees and equipment 00:08:56.110 --> 00:08:58.610 so that the product that we make, 00:08:58.610 --> 00:09:00.110 which is videos in this case, 00:09:00.410 --> 00:09:01.210 is good. 00:09:01.410 --> 00:09:08.810 $138,000 US dollars for two red cameras and the bulls**t accessories that they make you buy. 00:09:09.310 --> 00:09:13.510 $60,000 in hard drives to store all this crap on. 00:09:13.910 --> 00:09:18.510 Another $20,000 in NVMe SSDs so that all of our editors can edit red footage all the time. 00:09:18.510 --> 00:09:21.410 JARED in the comments and comments. 00:09:21.410 --> 00:09:21.910 You know, 00:09:22.210 --> 00:09:23.310 he cares, 00:09:24.110 --> 00:09:24.210 you know, 00:09:24.210 --> 00:09:25.810 he cares about all of us that work here. 00:09:25.810 --> 00:09:27.510 He cares about you guys watching 00:09:28.110 --> 00:09:30.610 and he's just he's just a loving father. 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:33.020 I don't know. 00:09:33.020 --> 00:09:35.220 I don't I mean he says he's not going to watch 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