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Vance: Hi, my name is Vance and I am the executive assistant at Linus Media Group. 2 00:00:04.150 --> 00:00:08.060 Sammy: Alright Vance, before we start you have to give us two truths and a lie, 3 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:11.600 and you have to tell us which one is the lie at the end. 4 00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:12.530 Vance: I have them prepped, 5 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:13.730 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 6 00:00:13.730 --> 00:00:15.400 Vance: because Sammy told me to prep these ahead of time. 7 00:00:16.700 --> 00:00:18.940 Sammy: Yeah, because no one ever has them on hand. 8 00:00:18.940 --> 00:00:21.940 Vance: No, because who can think of that like immediately, just off the cuff? 9 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:23.460 Sammy: That's why I prep people in advance. 10 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:24.410 Vance: I'm not that guy. 11 00:00:24.410 --> 00:00:29.950 Vance: First one, Linus taught me how to play badminton during Computex. 12 00:00:29.950 --> 00:00:33.650 Second one, Linus bought me a mani/pedi during the workday. 13 00:00:35.290 --> 00:00:40.060 Third one, I drove Linus's Taycan back home and kept it for the weekend. 14 00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:41.760 Sammy: Oh, all Linus ones. 15 00:00:41.930 --> 00:00:44.260 Vance: I figured that's what the Floatplane audience would actually care about. 16 00:00:44.260 --> 00:00:44.660 Sammy: I don't know. 17 00:00:44.860 --> 00:00:46.060 Vance: Hahahahahahaha. 18 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:48.370 Sammy: No, they care about you too Vance. 19 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:51.270 Vance: Well I mean, you could say things about- 20 00:00:51.300 --> 00:00:53.540 Vance: I don't know, you could interpret things about me through that. 21 00:00:53.570 --> 00:00:55.370 Vance: Probably... maybe. 22 00:00:55.570 --> 00:00:56.910 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 23 00:00:56.940 --> 00:01:00.010 Sammy: So the first question is, who are you? Who is Vance? 24 00:01:00.110 --> 00:01:00.880 Vance: Oh, you're going deep. 25 00:01:01.110 --> 00:01:05.220 Vance: Vance is a guy who is trying to figure himself out. 26 00:01:05.580 --> 00:01:08.990 You know, I feel like people who come to Linus Media Group, I don't- 27 00:01:08.990 --> 00:01:12.590 Unless you're trying to be a content creator or something, you're just kind of, 28 00:01:12.690 --> 00:01:16.590 he collects lots of eclectic people who have... 29 00:01:16.590 --> 00:01:17.090 Sammy: Eclected? 30 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:18.630 Vance: Eclectic. 31 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.130 Sammy: Wow; big words here, huh? 32 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:21.400 Vance: Yes. 33 00:01:21.530 --> 00:01:23.900 Vance: But there's like lots of interesting people that work here; 34 00:01:23.930 --> 00:01:30.040 and it's like, I don't know that anyone set out to do this as their job at LMG, 35 00:01:30.370 --> 00:01:31.240 necessarily. 36 00:01:31.270 --> 00:01:31.810 Sammy: Mmm. 37 00:01:31.810 --> 00:01:33.710 Vance: It gets you a lot of interesting people to work with. 38 00:01:33.710 --> 00:01:34.680 Vance: Like you, Sammy. 39 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.950 Sammy: What does that mean? Alright. 40 00:01:38.080 --> 00:01:39.050 Vance: Really interesting people. 41 00:01:40.820 --> 00:01:42.350 Sammy: What does that mean!? 42 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:43.450 Sammy: Alright, anyways. 43 00:01:43.550 --> 00:01:45.060 Vance: Hahahahahaha. 44 00:01:45.090 --> 00:01:47.260 Sammy: What does an executive assistant do here? 45 00:01:48.090 --> 00:01:50.930 Vance: An executive assistant- See, that's a good way to ask the question. 46 00:01:51.030 --> 00:01:54.200 Because I think what an executive assistant does here 47 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.300 is probably different than what an executive assistant does at like other places; 48 00:01:58.470 --> 00:02:01.200 Because I feel like what you expected an executive assistant to do is like, 49 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:07.980 you know, manage schedule, work closely alongside like the CEO or the executive, 50 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:09.010 whoever it is you're assisting. 51 00:02:09.380 --> 00:02:13.060 And basically manage their time in ins and outs of their schedule; 52 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:14.580 and that's like their thing. 53 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:17.700 Or they'll- I mean, sometimes go into operations and that kind of stuff too. 54 00:02:17.850 --> 00:02:20.420 Here, I'm not necessarily doing it differently, 55 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.700 but I think the context with which I'm doing, 56 00:02:22.700 --> 00:02:26.760 in which I'm doing it is pretty different because Linus is an interesting guy. 57 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:27.300 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 58 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.600 Vance: He has not had an executive assistant before. 59 00:02:29.700 --> 00:02:31.670 Vance: And I've been an executive assistant before. 60 00:02:31.670 --> 00:02:32.100 Sammy: Oh, really? 61 00:02:32.100 --> 00:02:34.370 Vance: Because he hasn't, he doesn't have like the form, 62 00:02:34.370 --> 00:02:37.140 he doesn't have like a formal corporate structure to work off of 63 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:38.740 in terms of having an assistant; 64 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:42.820 so the beginning of my like time here was very much like a, 65 00:02:42.850 --> 00:02:45.500 what is Vance going to do? What is his job? 66 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:47.760 We were like figuring that out all along the way. 67 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:50.100 So until, up until probably like... 68 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:53.090 I don't know, maybe like a year in, it kind of got more solidified. 69 00:02:53.220 --> 00:02:53.790 Sammy: Mmmm. 70 00:02:55.290 --> 00:02:57.760 Vance: But yeah, that was- That was a lot of going back and forth with Colton, 71 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:02.520 and conversations about what I can do or what I should be doing with my time. 72 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:04.100 Sammy: So what do you do with your time here? 73 00:03:04.230 --> 00:03:06.400 Vance: It is managing Linus's schedule, 74 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:11.200 but it's also really working closely, very closely with James the head of writing 75 00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:15.300 to figure out what Linus should do during the day to day. 76 00:03:15.710 --> 00:03:19.220 So in, during the actual day itself we'll- 77 00:03:19.250 --> 00:03:19.920 Sammy: Oop. 78 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:21.380 Vance: Nice. 79 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:21.380 Sammy: Hahahahahahaha. 80 00:03:21.420 --> 00:03:23.990 Vance: We'll go through what the schedule is supposed to be, 81 00:03:23.990 --> 00:03:27.080 and then we'll try to execute on it. 82 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:32.580 Obviously things happen and it doesn't go as planned oftentimes, but- 83 00:03:32.630 --> 00:03:33.330 Sammy: Oftentimes? 84 00:03:33.330 --> 00:03:34.130 Vance: Oftentimes. 85 00:03:34.230 --> 00:03:37.100 Vance: Every, everyone around here knows if you need something from Linus, 86 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:41.100 it's, you're just like, yeah we'll try; good luck. 87 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:45.080 In the actual day to day, my main role is to make sure 88 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:50.050 Linus gets to where he needs to go at the appropriate time. 89 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:50.610 Sammy: Mmmm. 90 00:03:50.650 --> 00:03:52.960 Vance: So like, if he needs to be in a meeting at a certain time, 91 00:03:52.980 --> 00:03:55.150 I'm going to be like prompting people, 92 00:03:55.150 --> 00:03:57.540 like if he's shooting or something, like hey you need to get to this meeting. 93 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.300 This needs to happen at this time. 94 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:03.590 Um, or if he needs to review a video or if he needs to do a script review, 95 00:04:03.630 --> 00:04:06.530 I'll kind of- I'll push him, poke him to like, 96 00:04:06.530 --> 00:04:08.080 hey, you have this thing you need to do. 97 00:04:08.100 --> 00:04:11.020 And we'll try to get to keep him on schedule as much as we can. 98 00:04:11.370 --> 00:04:14.060 Obviously shoots can run long, script reviews can run long; 99 00:04:14.070 --> 00:04:16.560 so we- That's also working with James, 100 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.710 figuring out what this- How to redo the schedule 101 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:21.680 so that it makes sense for the rest of the day. 102 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.200 And just constantly working, like communicating back and forth; 103 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.080 and then you know, keeping Linus out of that, 104 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:29.260 cause he doesn't need to know any of that. 105 00:04:29.260 --> 00:04:31.040 And we just tell him, okay now you're doing this. 106 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:35.580 Yeah, and making sure we kind of squeeze as much as we reasonably can out of him; 107 00:04:35.580 --> 00:04:37.680 cause he needs to be in a lot of stuff. 108 00:04:37.730 --> 00:04:39.340 Sammy: So how long have you been here at the company? 109 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:46.880 Vance: It's now been two... two years? I think, just over two years. 110 00:04:46.900 --> 00:04:49.770 I started September of 2022. 111 00:04:49.910 --> 00:04:52.400 Now that I think about it's longer than I have in my head. 112 00:04:52.810 --> 00:04:54.320 Sammy: A lot goes on here every day. 113 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.250 Vance: A lot goes on every day; yeah, yeah. 114 00:04:57.580 --> 00:04:59.100 Sammy: What hobbies are you interested in? 115 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:02.750 Vance: I like going hiking, like going camping; 116 00:05:02.790 --> 00:05:06.460 we're in like greater Vancouver, so the mountains are super accessible. 117 00:05:06.460 --> 00:05:09.920 There's lots of forest that's accessible too, so it's really easy to get outdoors; 118 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:12.080 so I really enjoy that. 119 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:18.440 Like anytime I'm not at work, I like pretty much keeping it low key. 120 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:22.980 So being outside and like away from electronics and stuff is cool. 121 00:05:23.410 --> 00:05:27.540 And sometimes I'll go to the beach; also just like watching Netflix as well. 122 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:30.780 All that kind of streaming stuff, I'll play video games occasionally, 123 00:05:30.910 --> 00:05:34.320 but I don't really do like the, I'm not a sweaty gamer. 124 00:05:35.290 --> 00:05:37.220 I'm not a Chase, so... 125 00:05:37.250 --> 00:05:41.290 I just play, I play stuff that's more casual, more chill. 126 00:05:41.290 --> 00:05:45.730 So I'll do like RPGs and stuff that don't require ridiculous mechanics. 127 00:05:45.730 --> 00:05:47.730 So like FPSs are not my jam. 128 00:05:47.760 --> 00:05:49.740 Sammy: What kind of RPG games have you played recently? 129 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:54.800 Vance: I'm a patientgamer because I don't have time; so it's a subreddit. 130 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:55.810 Sammy: What? 131 00:05:55.910 --> 00:05:57.470 Vance: There's a subreddit called patientgamers. 132 00:05:57.470 --> 00:05:59.220 Sammy: Oh, oh, I thought you said you're a patient gamer. 133 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.840 Sammy: I was like, oh, I thought- I was so confused. 134 00:06:00.840 --> 00:06:03.650 Vance: No, there's a bit; so I just, I'm very behind on games. 135 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:05.580 Vance: Um, cause I don't, I don't spend much time on them; 136 00:06:05.750 --> 00:06:06.720 I'm still playing cyberpunk. 137 00:06:06.820 --> 00:06:09.120 Sammy: What made you interested in the executive assistant role? 138 00:06:09.150 --> 00:06:12.860 Vance: So I was working as an executive assistant before I came to LMG. 139 00:06:12.890 --> 00:06:17.660 I happened to be watching WAN and Linus did a shout out for like you know, 140 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:19.230 checking their like job listings. 141 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:22.260 So I just clicked on the link and when I was scrolling through, 142 00:06:22.260 --> 00:06:25.600 and I usually expect to see you know, writer, producer, all that kind of stuff. 143 00:06:25.640 --> 00:06:27.100 I'm like that's, that's not me. 144 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:27.600 Sammy: Yeah. 145 00:06:27.700 --> 00:06:29.670 Vance: But I scrolled down and I was like, executive assistant. 146 00:06:29.670 --> 00:06:32.440 I was like, oh, this is like what I'm actually doing right now. 147 00:06:32.440 --> 00:06:33.940 I'm like, could I actually do that? 148 00:06:34.110 --> 00:06:36.780 And I like read through like you know, the roles and responsibilities, and whatever. 149 00:06:36.780 --> 00:06:39.220 And I was like, this sounds like something I could do. 150 00:06:39.220 --> 00:06:39.750 Sammy: Mhmm. 151 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.180 Vance: And so I just decided to apply on a whim, not expecting anything; 152 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:45.740 and then like a couple of weeks later Colton emailed me and I was like, 153 00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:49.730 Vance: oh my God, it's Colton Potter; he actually works here, he's not fired! 154 00:06:50.190 --> 00:06:51.390 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 155 00:06:50.190 --> 00:06:52.360 Vance: I'm actually talking, he's a real person! Wow! 156 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:54.430 Sammy: What did you, what jobs do you have prior to LMG? 157 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.130 Vance: Basically out of university, I started working at a nonprofit, 158 00:06:58.170 --> 00:07:03.110 an environmental nonprofit that's local in Vancouver as a communications assistant; 159 00:07:03.110 --> 00:07:08.310 and then I sort of transitioned a bit into being an executive assistant partway through, 160 00:07:08.450 --> 00:07:13.480 and then COVID hit, and I was like, oh my God I still have a job; thank God. 161 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.890 And it was just went basically full virtual for like a couple of years. 162 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.360 And I was doing that basically up until I ended up at LMG. 163 00:07:20.390 --> 00:07:20.920 Sammy: Oh, wow. 164 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:24.230 Sammy: How did you get into the skill of an executive assistant, I guess? 165 00:07:24.230 --> 00:07:26.800 Vance: I don't know; I wasn't, I didn't have any formal training in it, 166 00:07:26.830 --> 00:07:27.800 or anything like that. 167 00:07:27.830 --> 00:07:31.400 It's just something that I landed on in my previous job, 168 00:07:31.430 --> 00:07:33.670 because they were looking for one. 169 00:07:33.700 --> 00:07:38.540 I like the idea of being able to help people behind the scenes. 170 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:42.060 So I wanted to help people as a baseline, I just like doing that in general; 171 00:07:42.250 --> 00:07:44.920 but being able to kind of stick behind someone 172 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.820 and actually help prop them up to enable them to do their jobs, 173 00:07:48.820 --> 00:07:51.680 and like help them do what they do in the best way they can; 174 00:07:51.760 --> 00:07:54.920 that like, I enjoy doing that; so being able to like- 175 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:56.160 Sammy: Oh my goodness. 176 00:07:56.190 --> 00:07:57.260 Sammy: Hahahaha. 177 00:07:56.790 --> 00:07:57.260 Vance: Nice. 178 00:07:57.260 --> 00:07:58.230 Sammy: We're staying too still. 179 00:07:58.230 --> 00:08:01.360 Vance: When Linus is able to get to a shoot like on time, 180 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.000 when he goes from point A to point B and he gets through his day 181 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:08.560 with like a minimal level of hiccup and like- 182 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:12.840 And I know that I was pretty on the ball with something, 183 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:15.720 then I feel like I did pretty good during that day. 184 00:08:16.850 --> 00:08:17.850 That's always satisfying. 185 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:19.820 Sammy: What do you say is the most important skill then 186 00:08:19.820 --> 00:08:21.320 of being an executive assistant, I guess? 187 00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:23.290 Vance: Like being really skilled at communication, 188 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:27.720 which is definitely like something you just continually have to like learn and grow. 189 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:28.260 Sammy: Mhmm. 190 00:08:28.260 --> 00:08:32.560 Vance: But there is so much back and forth that you have to do to make sure- 191 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:36.580 Like, I'm always trying to think about who needs to know what I know 192 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.270 and what I need to know and like how to, 193 00:08:39.270 --> 00:08:41.070 how to spread that out to the right people 194 00:08:41.070 --> 00:08:43.220 to make sure the right stakeholders are in on it, 195 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:45.620 making sure the right people like know what's going on. 196 00:08:45.800 --> 00:08:49.620 So in my case, most of the time it's that Linus knows what's going on, 197 00:08:49.810 --> 00:08:53.120 um, that James knows what's going on, 198 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:57.040 and that whoever is asking for Linus's time knows what's going on. 199 00:08:57.050 --> 00:08:57.420 Sammy: Mmmm. 200 00:08:58.050 --> 00:08:59.490 Vance: And that could be multiple people, 201 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:02.930 but basically I'm always trying to keep those people in mind 202 00:09:03.030 --> 00:09:06.800 and making sure that they are all on the same page at all times. 203 00:09:06.930 --> 00:09:07.960 Sammy: So how's working at LMG? 204 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:09.530 Vance: It's really fun. 205 00:09:09.630 --> 00:09:10.800 Vance: It's really interesting. 206 00:09:10.900 --> 00:09:15.610 Vance: There's lots of, there's lots of like things always happening all at once. 207 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:19.810 I think if you want like a very dynamic working environment, it definitely gives you that. 208 00:09:19.810 --> 00:09:21.910 And there's always something interesting happening, 209 00:09:21.910 --> 00:09:26.720 whether it's shooting a video or seeing Linus like come up with ideas, 210 00:09:26.850 --> 00:09:31.190 or talking to writers, or getting involved with different departments. 211 00:09:31.190 --> 00:09:32.960 Like there's, there's always something happening. 212 00:09:33.290 --> 00:09:34.900 So yeah, it's pretty cool. 213 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.440 Sammy: I should probably also add on, you don't just help Linus. 214 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.730 You help like every system, every executive. 215 00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:42.100 Vance: Yes, you're right, I do... as needed. 216 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:48.470 So the, like the ones that I probably help the most aside from Linus is Colton and James. 217 00:09:48.470 --> 00:09:53.610 Occasionally I've helped Nick; I've helped Terren with some scheduling stuff, 218 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:56.320 but those are like kind of the main ones that I stick to. 219 00:09:56.780 --> 00:09:59.820 But yeah, theoretically any executive could message me and be like, 220 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:02.100 hey, I need something from you; and I'd be like, okay, man. 221 00:10:02.260 --> 00:10:04.560 Sammy: But then I guess the one thing they all ask you is 222 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:07.580 help Linus be functional throughout the day. 223 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:10.360 Vance: Basically, most of the time it's like you know, 224 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:14.200 Nick will message me and be like, hey I need like 15 minutes of Linus time, like today. 225 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:15.670 And I'll be like, oh sh**. 226 00:10:15.670 --> 00:10:17.370 Vance: He'll message me "What is Linus doing right now?", 227 00:10:17.370 --> 00:10:20.700 and most of the time I stay very like physically close to Linus 228 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:22.310 so I can give those kinds of updates. 229 00:10:22.470 --> 00:10:25.140 And so I'll be like you know, he's on this set right now; 230 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:28.340 and he's like, I'm like if you need to talk to him, you could go right now. 231 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:31.560 Cause he's like in between shots or he's like reviewing something right now anyways. 232 00:10:31.560 --> 00:10:32.420 And he's like, okay, cool; 233 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:35.980 and he'll like rush over with like two creator warehouse engineers or something, 234 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:38.280 and then like bug him for like two minutes and then- 235 00:10:38.690 --> 00:10:39.390 Sammy: Scurry out. 236 00:10:39.520 --> 00:10:40.620 Vance: Yeah, walk away. 237 00:10:41.260 --> 00:10:42.590 Vance: I'm like Linus's phone; 238 00:10:42.760 --> 00:10:46.260 Vance: it's like if you wanted to message Linus and like get a response from him, 239 00:10:45.430 --> 00:10:46.260 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 240 00:10:46.260 --> 00:10:49.000 Vance: you're probably not going to get a response from him immediately. 241 00:10:49.130 --> 00:10:53.200 Vance: But if you message me, I'm much more likely if it's actually an important thing 242 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:57.140 to be like, hey you need to respond to this thing, or like this person has this question 243 00:10:57.140 --> 00:10:58.820 and actually get an answer out of him. 244 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.300 Sammy: You know like when you like find my, find my phone. 245 00:11:01.300 --> 00:11:02.280 Vance: Yeah, yeah; in air tag? 246 00:11:02.280 --> 00:11:03.550 Sammy: Yeah, in air tag; yeah. 247 00:11:03.550 --> 00:11:06.020 Sammy: Cause no one knows where ever- No one ever knows where Linus is. 248 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.050 Vance: Yeah so, but yeah- That's why I stay physically close to him; 249 00:11:08.050 --> 00:11:11.220 so I like know where he is, but even then I lose him sometimes. 250 00:11:11.250 --> 00:11:15.060 And like our buildings aren't like so big where you like you can really lose people, 251 00:11:15.060 --> 00:11:15.590 but like... 252 00:11:15.660 --> 00:11:16.260 Sammy: He does it. 253 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.760 Vance: He'll walk off, he'll like go refill his water bottle, 254 00:11:18.900 --> 00:11:22.620 or he'll like go to the bathroom or something, but he won't really say anything to anyone. 255 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:24.970 And then I'll just be like... wait, where is he? I'm like, I don't even, 256 00:11:24.970 --> 00:11:25.700 I don't even know, man. 257 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:28.200 If I don't know where he is, like that's bad. 258 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:32.060 He was on his way to a shoot and I was, I was following behind him; 259 00:11:32.060 --> 00:11:33.840 and he's like, I'm just going to go to the washroom first. 260 00:11:33.900 --> 00:11:34.940 He's like, you don't have to follow me; 261 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:38.280 and I'm like, I know, but you might get lost along the way. 262 00:11:38.780 --> 00:11:42.940 And he's like, and, and yeah... I mean, I think people who work here can understand. 263 00:11:42.950 --> 00:11:43.390 Sammy: Haha. 264 00:11:43.490 --> 00:11:45.040 Vance: He'll say he's going to the bathroom and you're like, 265 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:47.580 oh, he'll be back in five minutes; but then like 20 minutes will pass, 266 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:51.460 and you're like, was this man taking like the longest number two of his life? 267 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.400 Like what's going on? 268 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.820 And then you find out he stopped, 269 00:11:54.140 --> 00:11:57.380 he got stopped on the way to and from the bathroom by like three people or something, 270 00:11:57.380 --> 00:12:00.840 or he'll stop at someone's desk just to like have a quick conversation with them, 271 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:02.800 which is, you know, very nice. 272 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:05.800 But like, you know, then where it's like you know, four o'clock 273 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:07.660 and we're trying to like finish a shoot and we're like; 274 00:12:08.010 --> 00:12:10.310 please sir! please come back to the set. 275 00:12:10.310 --> 00:12:11.780 Sammy: Five people are waiting for you, please. 276 00:12:11.780 --> 00:12:12.150 Vance: Yeah. 277 00:12:12.250 --> 00:12:14.440 Sammy: Do you have any weird stories while working here? 278 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:19.760 Vance: There was one time that Linus asked me for help to book like, 279 00:12:19.760 --> 00:12:24.040 you know, those you know, like those propeller planes that will fly in the sky 280 00:12:24.040 --> 00:12:25.860 and you know like write things in the sky? 281 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.200 Sammy: Oh yeah? 282 00:12:26.300 --> 00:12:28.260 Vance: Like you see in like cartoons or movies, or something. 283 00:12:28.260 --> 00:12:37.070 Vance: So Linus asked for my help to hire someone to fly a sign in the air for Yvonne, 284 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:40.860 to surprise her that they would have a day off together. 285 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:46.150 He would be driving to the office with Yvonne and there would be a plane in the sky 286 00:12:46.250 --> 00:12:50.200 with a sign behind it that reads like, "I love you, Yvonne"; 287 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:55.480 or like "Hey, like we have a day off to get together today.", or something like that. 288 00:12:55.920 --> 00:12:57.720 And he would you know, signal to her to look up 289 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.440 and she would read and be like, Oh my God; 290 00:12:59.520 --> 00:13:02.260 be like super surprised and they would have a great date together; 291 00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:03.580 I don't know, something like that. 292 00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:05.040 So he asked me to do that. 293 00:13:05.300 --> 00:13:08.370 I don't know how often, how many of you have had to do that in your life? 294 00:13:08.370 --> 00:13:09.040 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 295 00:13:09.170 --> 00:13:12.070 Vance: But I have never had to do that; I had no idea where to start. 296 00:13:12.070 --> 00:13:17.480 So I was literally just Googling like what, like where, who to even talk to. 297 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:20.550 I eventually found someone, talked to them on the phone 298 00:13:20.550 --> 00:13:22.890 and I like had to make all these arrangements. 299 00:13:22.890 --> 00:13:25.220 And of course, like without Yvonne; 300 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.740 also, if you worked here, you may also realize that Linus 301 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:31.530 is usually like, he's like- He's the creative vision. 302 00:13:31.530 --> 00:13:36.430 He is the chief vision officer, but Yvonne is like the how do you actually do this thing? 303 00:13:36.530 --> 00:13:37.230 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 304 00:13:37.230 --> 00:13:38.470 Vance: They're like the dynamic duo; 305 00:13:38.470 --> 00:13:41.540 they like actually- They're the reason why this is all works. 306 00:13:41.640 --> 00:13:44.300 So she's the one you actually talk to like know how to get things done. 307 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:48.760 And so having to keep all that stuff away from her sucks; 308 00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:50.620 cause then I just had to figure it out. 309 00:13:51.250 --> 00:13:54.220 Where usually I would just, I would just ask, I would just ask her. 310 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.690 As far as I understand, cause I was not there to see it; 311 00:13:56.690 --> 00:14:03.460 it flew above in the sky where they were driving and she got surprised and liked it, 312 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:04.330 I hope. 313 00:14:04.490 --> 00:14:07.330 And then they had a day off and it was, and it was good. 314 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:08.800 A lot of the weird things that I did 315 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:11.230 was in like the first like six months of my job here. 316 00:14:11.230 --> 00:14:15.270 Because that was- That was in the time when they were like, what should Vance do? 317 00:14:15.370 --> 00:14:18.510 And Linus was like, oh yeah I'm going to get him to do like a romantic gesture for my wife. 318 00:14:18.510 --> 00:14:19.580 Sammy: Hahahahahaha! 319 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:22.220 Vance: I had this conversation with Colton at some point where he was like, 320 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:25.040 he's like, do you feel comfortable doing this stuff? 321 00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:27.420 He's like, you can tell me; like I can, like we can, 322 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.820 we can change like what you do or whatever. 323 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:30.600 And I, and then I'm sitting there being like, 324 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:34.220 this is not what I expected an executive assistant to do here; 325 00:14:34.290 --> 00:14:38.800 at the same time you're paying me to get on the phone with someone 326 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:42.440 and talk to them about flying a sign in the sky, which is just kind of funny. 327 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:44.780 So I'm like I mean if you're willing to pay me to do that, 328 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:47.460 to spend my work day doing that? Then sure. 329 00:14:47.900 --> 00:14:48.800 Vance: I guess. 330 00:14:50.270 --> 00:14:52.380 Sammy: What's the hardest part of your job then? 331 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:54.800 Vance: Having to keep all those balls in the air of like communication, 332 00:14:54.800 --> 00:14:56.300 and making sure everyone's on the same page; 333 00:14:56.310 --> 00:15:00.360 Like, like I said earlier, like you have to keep building that communication skill. 334 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:03.450 And there's like, like I definitely make mistakes along the way, 335 00:15:03.490 --> 00:15:08.000 with making the wrong calls on things and not communicating with certain people, 336 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.580 or communicating with certain people that I shouldn't; 337 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:16.580 or making the call or decision on things when I should have checked in with someone first, 338 00:15:17.030 --> 00:15:19.880 in just in the interest of time or like whatever other pressures 339 00:15:19.880 --> 00:15:21.760 are happening that week or that day. 340 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:24.720 Yeah, but most of the time if I've ever needed help with something, I can go to Colton. 341 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:30.450 One other funny thing is, my main role is to help Linus; that's my executive assistant role, 342 00:15:30.910 --> 00:15:33.080 but my supervisor is actually Colton. 343 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:37.060 In the beginning, when I was like asked to like be in certain B-roll shots 344 00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:39.720 or like be in certain videos, like be in the video with Dennis. 345 00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:42.990 I'm like, that wasn't a standard part of the job description. 346 00:15:43.030 --> 00:15:45.360 Like you don't think an executive assistant is going to do that. 347 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:48.000 I had a conversation with Colton where I was like "is this okay?". 348 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:51.600 Like, is it okay that I spend time doing this rather than like you know, 349 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.360 answering emails or whatever I was supposed to be doing. 350 00:15:54.400 --> 00:15:57.460 And he's like, when you're working here content is king. 351 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:00.580 So he's like, if you're able to help out with content in some way; 352 00:16:00.710 --> 00:16:05.640 then you are like, you're clear to do that, like pretty much without any restriction. 353 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:08.240 Obviously you have to be like, not dumb about it. 354 00:16:08.250 --> 00:16:08.550 Sammy: Yeah. 355 00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:12.020 Vance: But like yeah if you're asked to help with that stuff and you have time, 356 00:16:12.020 --> 00:16:13.900 then you can definitely just do that. 357 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:16.360 Sammy: What's the coolest project you got to work on? 358 00:16:16.660 --> 00:16:21.860 Vance: One cool thing that I'm kind of proud of is, I helped Linus buy his Taycan. 359 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.740 He found the listing online and then he sent it to me and was just, 360 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:28.870 and he just was basically like help me buy this thing. 361 00:16:28.870 --> 00:16:29.310 Sammy: Hahaha. 362 00:16:29.310 --> 00:16:31.310 Vance: And I was like, um... okay. 363 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:38.160 Sammy: So me being young, living in Vancouver with not so much disposable income, 364 00:16:38.510 --> 00:16:41.980 I did not own a car at the time; I'd never bought a car in my life. 365 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.640 And suddenly I was supposed to buy this like you know, 366 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:48.320 250, 000 to $300, 000 Canadian car. 367 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.190 Sammy: That's not even yours. 368 00:16:49.330 --> 00:16:50.360 Vance: That's not even mine! 369 00:16:50.390 --> 00:16:53.830 Vance: That's half- That's like on the other side of the country; 370 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:55.830 and I have to just figure that out. 371 00:16:55.970 --> 00:16:58.000 Of course I wasn't totally alone; I had some help, 372 00:16:58.070 --> 00:17:01.770 but like at the end of the day, I was on the phone with like the dealer with this 373 00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:03.510 really nice lady from Quebec. 374 00:17:04.340 --> 00:17:07.580 I learned that when you're buying a car that's expensive, 375 00:17:07.610 --> 00:17:08.980 people are really really nice to you. 376 00:17:09.010 --> 00:17:10.410 Sammy: Yeah, shocker, right? 377 00:17:10.410 --> 00:17:11.080 Vance: Shocker. 378 00:17:10.410 --> 00:17:11.080 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 379 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:15.890 Vance: But yeah, it was like him actually deciding on the car, how much it would cost, 380 00:17:15.890 --> 00:17:17.990 getting all the legal stuff done out of the way, 381 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.690 like all the papers signed and all of it done properly. 382 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:25.460 But then also like even going through the like process of like you know, 383 00:17:25.560 --> 00:17:29.240 does he- Should he go and fly there to like see the car in person 384 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.780 just in case or something like that? 385 00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:33.460 Or how could he like verify that that is actually okay? 386 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:37.370 Um, and then even arranging for it to be transported from Quebec 387 00:17:37.370 --> 00:17:40.560 all the way over to BC, and like how that's supposed to happen. 388 00:17:40.800 --> 00:17:42.920 Sammy: As the person who spends the most time around him at work, 389 00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:44.280 what do you think of him, I guess? 390 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.350 Vance: I have to say something that's appropriate for Floatplane. 391 00:17:46.520 --> 00:17:50.460 Sammy: No, you can say what you want; just don't... please don't sh** on the company though. 392 00:17:50.490 --> 00:17:51.990 Vance: Hahahahahaha. 393 00:17:52.190 --> 00:17:55.400 Vance: He's a very intelligent guy. 394 00:17:56.380 --> 00:18:00.640 Vance: His ADHD is real, it goes real hard. 395 00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:05.760 Vance: Hence probably partially why my role exists to keep him on task. 396 00:18:07.370 --> 00:18:12.180 Vance: He's both like very kind to his employees and also like, 397 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:16.760 you can- I can tell that he holds the stress of running the business 398 00:18:16.760 --> 00:18:21.800 and also trying to like care for the people that work for him. 399 00:18:22.350 --> 00:18:27.920 And like, I think him doing both of those things in his unique way 400 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:34.780 is part of the reason why we have sometimes controversial things that happen. 401 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:37.240 He makes his opinions known and he shares them. 402 00:18:37.520 --> 00:18:39.700 But I, at the end of the day I know he just, he actually, 403 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:42.900 actually is trying to do his best with like whatever it is that he's doing. 404 00:18:43.020 --> 00:18:45.540 And so it's interesting to see, to be on the other side 405 00:18:45.540 --> 00:18:50.310 and see how commenters or people will, can misconstrue Linus's intentions. 406 00:18:50.350 --> 00:18:54.880 Like 99% of the time that I can see he never actually wants things to go poorly. 407 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.640 He actually is like a decent person. 408 00:18:57.020 --> 00:19:00.460 The decision that he makes might, like people might- Not everyone would agree with, 409 00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:07.340 but he never makes those decisions selfishly necessarily; I don't know. 410 00:19:07.540 --> 00:19:10.280 Sammy: We'll go back to the very first question of your two truths and a lie. 411 00:19:10.520 --> 00:19:14.700 Vance: So the first one, Linus taught me how to play badminton during Computex. 412 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:19.680 The second one, Linus bought me a mani/pedi during the work day. 413 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:24.850 Third one, I drove Linus's Taycan back home and kept it for the weekend. 414 00:19:27.050 --> 00:19:30.290 Vance: So the lie is Linus taught me how to play badminton during Computex; 415 00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:35.060 because I've never been to Computex and he never taught me how to play badminton, 416 00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:36.730 I learned that myself. 417 00:19:36.790 --> 00:19:37.060 Sammy: Yeah. 418 00:19:37.060 --> 00:19:38.570 Vance: I mean, I was actually surprised like- 419 00:19:38.590 --> 00:19:40.300 Cause I knew that Linus played badminton before I worked here, 420 00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:41.460 but I didn't know how good he was. 421 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.000 Sammy: Uhuh. 422 00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:45.170 Vance: And so I like mistakenly assumed that I could just kind of, 423 00:19:45.270 --> 00:19:46.670 that he would just be kind of okay, 424 00:19:46.870 --> 00:19:49.310 but he's actually like, he's actually pretty good. 425 00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:49.770 Sammy: Yeah. 426 00:19:49.870 --> 00:19:52.950 Vance: And- But I also, I hadn't played badminton in like forever. 427 00:19:53.310 --> 00:19:53.780 Sammy: Hahahaha. 428 00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:56.130 Vance: And so I was very, very rusty when I started playing badminton here; 429 00:19:56.830 --> 00:19:58.650 and he definitely handily beat me. 430 00:19:58.950 --> 00:19:59.420 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 431 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:03.220 Vance: I have also, I have beat him a couple of times; 432 00:20:03.350 --> 00:20:05.120 but that's not in singles, that's in doubles. 433 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.520 Sammy: Mmmm. 434 00:20:05.650 --> 00:20:08.470 Vance: And that's when he's like pretty much handicapped. 435 00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:09.860 Sammy: Yeah, hahahaha. 436 00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:11.030 Vance: So, um, yeah. 437 00:20:11.030 --> 00:20:12.360 Sammy: Can you take him on in singles? 438 00:20:13.630 --> 00:20:16.150 Vance: I could probably take some points off of him, 439 00:20:16.150 --> 00:20:18.550 but I'm pretty sure he would consistently win. 440 00:20:18.570 --> 00:20:19.370 Sammy: Oh, okay. 441 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:22.540 Vance: But, uh, yeah he would definitely, he would make me sweat. 442 00:20:22.670 --> 00:20:23.570 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 443 00:20:23.670 --> 00:20:26.870 Sammy: So, so you got mani/pedi from Linus during work hours? 444 00:20:27.450 --> 00:20:31.510 Vance: Yeah, so it's like, so this was the special Christmas time. 445 00:20:31.510 --> 00:20:32.190 Sammy: Oh, okay. 446 00:20:32.230 --> 00:20:34.970 Vance: When we all had to, we were split up into groups 447 00:20:35.050 --> 00:20:37.370 and one of the things that we had to do was do a group activity. 448 00:20:38.090 --> 00:20:40.270 So the group activity that my group went with, 449 00:20:40.270 --> 00:20:42.690 because we just had to fit one in before the end of the day, 450 00:20:42.730 --> 00:20:46.190 we're like at the mall and we're like what if we just get like mani/pedis? 451 00:20:46.250 --> 00:20:48.570 And so we decided to get mani/pedis, and so- 452 00:20:48.570 --> 00:20:49.210 Sammy: With Linus? 453 00:20:49.670 --> 00:20:52.200 Vance: Not with Linus, but Linus- But like Linus paid for it. 454 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.640 Sammy: Yeah, okay. 455 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.840 Vance: Because he was covering the activities for all the groups that day. 456 00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.470 Sammy: Okay. 457 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.010 Vance: So he bought me a mani/pedi. 458 00:20:57.070 --> 00:20:58.710 Sammy: So how was driving the Taycan home then? 459 00:20:58.710 --> 00:21:01.250 Vance: So that was like, he did not make that decision; 460 00:21:01.250 --> 00:21:05.410 but he was, he was on vacation that- I think that weekend or like that week, 461 00:21:05.670 --> 00:21:07.970 and so that was also the weekend- 462 00:21:08.350 --> 00:21:13.460 That was also the week his car was getting wrapped with the original Damascus 463 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:15.290 skin that was on his car at the time. 464 00:21:15.450 --> 00:21:18.960 And it just so happened that the office was much farther away 465 00:21:19.130 --> 00:21:23.130 from the place where it was getting wrapped, compared to where I lived. 466 00:21:23.270 --> 00:21:23.830 Sammy: Oh, okay. 467 00:21:23.970 --> 00:21:29.140 Vance: And so it, to me it made sense to just go pick it up, 468 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.640 like to work from home that day; 469 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:30.970 Sammy: Yeah. 470 00:21:30.970 --> 00:21:33.010 Vance: and then pick it up from the place where it was getting wrapped 471 00:21:33.010 --> 00:21:36.150 and then just keep it at my place until the next time I was in the office, 472 00:21:36.150 --> 00:21:37.580 and then just drive it back to the office. 473 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:38.150 Sammy: Wow. 474 00:21:38.250 --> 00:21:41.380 Vance: And so yeah, it was- I cleared it with Colton 475 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.050 and he was like okay, like as long as you're okay with that and it like makes sense. 476 00:21:45.050 --> 00:21:45.390 I'm like- 477 00:21:45.390 --> 00:21:46.720 Sammy: I'd be so scared driving that thing. 478 00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:48.990 Vance: It was very scary driving that thing. 479 00:21:48.990 --> 00:21:49.430 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 480 00:21:49.430 --> 00:21:51.660 Vance: Cause I've never driven a car that costs that much money. 481 00:21:52.830 --> 00:21:55.090 Yeah, but it was, it was also kind of surreal 482 00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:59.170 to have it sitting in like random townhouse complex and like the suburb? 483 00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:02.030 And just like everyone else's cars are just like kind of regular cars. 484 00:22:02.070 --> 00:22:06.770 You can just see this like super shiny, like Damascus skinned Porsche Taycan 485 00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:08.810 just like sitting in the, in the driveway. 486 00:22:08.810 --> 00:22:10.110 And you're like, what the hell's going on? 487 00:22:11.710 --> 00:22:12.590 Vance: Thanks for watching everybody. 488 00:22:12.610 --> 00:22:14.450 Hope you learned a little bit more about me 489 00:22:14.450 --> 00:22:19.560 and stay subscribed to Floatplane for more content, or upgrade your subscription. 490 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.960 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 491 00:22:21.090 --> 00:22:21.520 Vance: Yeah. 492 00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:22.460 Sammy: Just like Linus, oh my God; 493 00:22:22.590 --> 00:22:26.730 Sammy: it's like the exact same thing he said in Eli's video. 494 00:22:24.260 --> 00:22:25.830 Vance: Hahahahahaha 495 00:22:26.730 --> 00:22:27.260 Sammy: Oh my God. 496 00:22:27.260 --> 00:22:28.060 Vance: Hahahahaha.