{"video_id":"et9-6iT6OJE","title":"Meet the Team - Jordan Block","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":957,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":2.7359999999999998,"text":"Jordan: Hi I'm Jordan, and I'm a writer here at LMG. 2 00:00:03.103 --> 00:00:03.837 Sammy: Perfect Jordan. 3 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:07.173 Before we start, you have to tell me two truths and a lie. 4 00:00:07.474 --> 00:00:12.212 Jordan: I have one brother, two dogs, and I'm very old. 5 00:00:12.245 --> 00:00:13.146 Sammy: Hahahaha. 6 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:14.881 Sammy: Okay, that's great. 7 00:00:14.881 --> 00:00:16.383 Not the old one, not the old one. 8 00:00:16.383 --> 00:00:17.217 Jordan: Come on. 9 00:00:18.818 --> 00:00:20.320 Jordan: I'm older than Sammy, how about that? 10 00:00:20.787 --> 00:00:22.288 Jordan: I wonder if I'm the oldest guy here; 11 00:00:22.288 --> 00:00:23.089 Sammy: I would- 12 00:00:23.123 --> 00:00:24.357 Jordan: I think Shawn probably has me beat. 13 00:00:24.724 --> 00:00:25.625 Jordan: Maybe Terren. 14 00:00:25.625 --> 00:00:25.658 Sammy: Oh yeah. 15 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:27.994 Sammy: Alright Jordan, so I got some questions here for you. 16 00:00:27.994 --> 00:00:28.528 Jordan: Okay. 17 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:30.697 Sammy: I said like, what do you do here? 18 00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:33.400 Which is actually kind of answered already, which is a writer. 19 00:00:33.433 --> 00:00:37.570 Jordan: I'm a writer so yeah, I pitch ideas, write videos, 20 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:40.540 and then basically produce them through to completion. 21 00:00:40.707 --> 00:00:42.242 Sammy: Yeah, I think writer is probably like, 22 00:00:42.275 --> 00:00:44.744 Sammy: the most like, well-known roles I guess? At the company. 23 00:00:44.744 --> 00:00:45.345 Jordan: Probably. 24 00:00:45.412 --> 00:00:48.915 Sammy: Yeah, so I don't think most people are too curious about it, 25 00:00:48.948 --> 00:00:49.416 but we're to learn about you. 26 00:00:49.416 --> 00:00:50.550 Jordan: We're all boring anyway. 27 00:00:50.583 --> 00:00:51.051 Sammy: Hahaha. 28 00:00:51.084 --> 00:00:53.153 Sammy: No, you're not boring. 29 00:00:53.153 --> 00:00:56.856 I know some of these answers, and I think you're a very interesting person Jordan. 30 00:00:56.856 --> 00:00:57.390 Jordan: Alright. 31 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:59.259 Sammy: How long have you been here at the company? 32 00:00:59.259 --> 00:01:02.362 Because I think you're the newest writer that's not like, 33 00:01:02.362 --> 00:01:04.097 people who've been here internally prior. 34 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:08.935 Jordan: I think Elijah started here after me, but not in writing. 35 00:01:08.968 --> 00:01:09.569 Sammy: Yeah. 36 00:01:10.203 --> 00:01:13.506 Jordan: Because I started, is this year three? 37 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.409 Sammy: This is your third year? No, it's not. 38 00:01:16.443 --> 00:01:18.278 Jordan: Because okay, no, this is my second Christmas party coming up. 39 00:01:18.278 --> 00:01:18.845 Sammy: Yeah. 40 00:01:19.612 --> 00:01:21.748 Jordan: But I started like right after the previous one; 41 00:01:21.748 --> 00:01:22.849 so is that three years, then? 42 00:01:23.116 --> 00:01:23.650 Sammy: Two years. 43 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:24.150 Jordan: Two years. 44 00:01:24.150 --> 00:01:27.253 Sammy: I remember when I started as an editor, you were also... 45 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:29.289 Jordan: Okay, so I've been here two years. 46 00:01:29.489 --> 00:01:29.923 Sammy: Yeah. 47 00:01:30.356 --> 00:01:30.790 Jordan: Okay. 48 00:01:30.924 --> 00:01:31.758 Sammy: Yeah, two years. 49 00:01:31.758 --> 00:01:33.927 Jordan: So I've been here for two years now, or just about. 50 00:01:33.927 --> 00:01:37.397 Sammy: So what hobbies do you have outside of work? 51 00:01:37.397 --> 00:01:39.399 Jordan: Well, work is not a hobby, so yeah, it's good. 52 00:01:39.399 --> 00:01:40.200 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 53 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.570 Jordan: Gaming, I do a lot of woodworking in my spare time; 54 00:01:43.570 --> 00:01:44.370 Sammy: Oh, really woodworking? 55 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:46.172 Jordan: and 3D printing and stuff as well. 56 00:01:46.172 --> 00:01:48.775 Sammy: You worked on the cleanest PC, right? 57 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:49.142 Jordan: Yeah. 58 00:01:49.175 --> 00:01:51.544 Sammy: I think that was the first video we worked on together, and I was like- 59 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:52.579 Jordan: It could be, yeah. 60 00:01:53.113 --> 00:01:55.982 Sammy: Is there any woodwork projects that you're really proud of? 61 00:01:56.015 --> 00:02:00.487 Jordan: I'm doing a lot of wood turnings, so like bowls and stuff right now; 62 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:03.123 and that kind of thing, those turn out really cool usually, so- 63 00:02:03.156 --> 00:02:05.825 Sammy: When you saw Kyle's wood table, how did you react to it? 64 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:07.894 Jordan: That's pretty slick, I'm pretty impressed with that. Sammy: *Laughs*. 65 00:02:07.927 --> 00:02:09.195 Jordan: He did a good job on that. 66 00:02:09.429 --> 00:02:13.199 Jordan: Him and Sebastian's too, in his upgrade recently it was really nice work. 67 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.001 Sammy: So how long have you been doing woodworking for? 68 00:02:15.034 --> 00:02:16.302 Jordan: Oh, like my whole life. 69 00:02:16.369 --> 00:02:17.036 Sammy: Oh, really? 70 00:02:17.036 --> 00:02:17.470 Jordan: Yeah. 71 00:02:18.104 --> 00:02:20.106 Jordan: My grandpa had a shop, so I've kind of always done it. 72 00:02:20.106 --> 00:02:22.709 Sammy: Would you like to do more like woodworking videos? 73 00:02:23.176 --> 00:02:24.144 Jordan: It'd be nice, yeah. 74 00:02:24.244 --> 00:02:26.246 It's tough to get them approved. 75 00:02:26.246 --> 00:02:28.414 Sammy: Yeah, because I'm assuming they're like really expensive. 76 00:02:28.448 --> 00:02:30.683 Jordan: It's more like, time-consuming is the problem. 77 00:02:30.683 --> 00:02:31.818 Sammy: Oh, okay, okay. 78 00:02:32.152 --> 00:02:34.454 Sammy: How long does like an average product take for you? 79 00:02:35.155 --> 00:02:37.390 Jordan: For like an interm woodworking project, or like a-? 80 00:02:37.390 --> 00:02:38.525 Sammy: A woodworking project? Yeah. 81 00:02:38.525 --> 00:02:42.061 Jordan: I mean it can be like, half an hour to make a pen or something; 82 00:02:42.061 --> 00:02:44.664 or like, months to do something significant. 83 00:02:44.697 --> 00:02:47.667 Sammy: Like on average would you say it's like, a week? 84 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:48.668 Jordan: I usually do things that are, 85 00:02:48.668 --> 00:02:51.037 like yeah, like a week or so kind of thing. 86 00:02:51.037 --> 00:02:53.473 Sammy: That's cool, that's cool; any other hobbies? 87 00:02:54.040 --> 00:02:59.179 Jordan: Uh, gaming like everybody; but like, some 3D printing again lately. 88 00:02:59.846 --> 00:03:02.115 Sammy: Any particular game that you're in right now? 89 00:03:02.549 --> 00:03:05.618 Jordan: Right now, I've just started playing Lord of the Rings, 90 00:03:05.685 --> 00:03:08.621 like, Return to the Mines of Moria? Something like that. 91 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:11.591 It's, like, a survival crafting game where you're a dwarf; 92 00:03:11.991 --> 00:03:14.260 and like, just going through and exploring the mines. 93 00:03:14.294 --> 00:03:17.230 It's pretty cool so far, but I'm lik maybe two hours in, so- 94 00:03:17.297 --> 00:03:19.098 Sammy: What's your favorite game of all time, then? 95 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:20.366 Jordan: Oh, boy. 96 00:03:20.366 --> 00:03:21.467 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 97 00:03:21.534 --> 00:03:25.305 Jordan: In terms of like raw hours spent, probably Rocket League. 98 00:03:25.438 --> 00:03:26.206 Sammy: Oh, really? 99 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.908 Jordan: But I stopped playing that after Epic got involved. 100 00:03:28.908 --> 00:03:30.843 Jordan: Favorite, maybe Last of Us? 101 00:03:30.877 --> 00:03:33.379 Jordan: That's a really good game, but I mean, I've only played that a couple of times. 102 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:34.714 Sammy: There's no wrong answer. 103 00:03:34.747 --> 00:03:36.282 Jordan: I can think of some wrong answers. 104 00:03:36.316 --> 00:03:37.984 Sammy: Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 105 00:03:37.984 --> 00:03:38.785 Sammy: Hahahaha. 106 00:03:39.185 --> 00:03:40.553 Sammy: What made you interested in this role? 107 00:03:40.587 --> 00:03:42.655 Jordan: It's interesting because it's like, 108 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:44.457 you're just doing different stuff all the time? 109 00:03:44.490 --> 00:03:44.924 Sammy: Mmmm. 110 00:03:45.191 --> 00:03:47.560 Jordan: I don't like doing the same thing over and over again. 111 00:03:47.594 --> 00:03:47.994 Sammy: Yeah. 112 00:03:48.394 --> 00:03:51.397 Jordan: It's like, you've already solved the problem, let's move on to something else; 113 00:03:51.397 --> 00:03:55.235 so I like picking up new projects and new things to learn all the time. 114 00:03:55.568 --> 00:03:57.770 Sammy: It makes everyday coming to work a little more interesting, then. 115 00:03:57.770 --> 00:03:58.705 Jordan: Exactly. 116 00:03:58.705 --> 00:04:01.341 Jordan: Like, I used to do some IT stuff, right? 117 00:04:01.374 --> 00:04:01.808 Sammy: Yeah. 118 00:04:01.808 --> 00:04:04.911 Jordan: That was just like, you feel like a data janitor after a while; 119 00:04:04.911 --> 00:04:07.313 you're just like, cleaning after other people screwing things up. 120 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:08.681 Sammy: So, how's working at LMG? 121 00:04:08.681 --> 00:04:09.616 Jordan: Good. 122 00:04:09.649 --> 00:04:11.150 Sammy: Yeah, because this is probably like, 123 00:04:11.184 --> 00:04:14.354 like you said, I kind of know that you worked at IT prior. 124 00:04:14.387 --> 00:04:14.988 Jordan: Yeah. 125 00:04:15.021 --> 00:04:16.689 Sammy: It's probably like very different in that like, 126 00:04:16.723 --> 00:04:21.661 Sammy: probably back then you weren't focusing on like, how to tell a story and like that. 127 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:22.762 Jordan: Not exactly. 128 00:04:22.762 --> 00:04:25.064 Jordan: It's definitely very different from what I used to do, 129 00:04:25.098 --> 00:04:27.967 Jordan: but no, it's actually, it's really enjoyable. 130 00:04:28.001 --> 00:04:30.503 Jordan: It's surprisingly very low stress, I don't know. 131 00:04:30.570 --> 00:04:34.841 People, I think people look at us and figure it's like, a high-stress environment; 132 00:04:34.874 --> 00:04:37.477 but like, compared to what I've done elsewhere, this is nothing. 133 00:04:37.477 --> 00:04:38.578 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 134 00:04:39.445 --> 00:04:40.980 Jordan: There's like zero stress here, really. 135 00:04:41.481 --> 00:04:44.617 Sammy: What's your weirdest story working at LMG? 136 00:04:44.651 --> 00:04:46.152 Jordan: At LMG, okay. 137 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.758 Jordan: Okay well, that's easy actually; that's day one of my trial, 138 00:04:51.758 --> 00:04:52.925 I wasn't even actually hired yet. 139 00:04:52.925 --> 00:04:53.660 Sammy: Oh, okay. 140 00:04:53.693 --> 00:04:56.462 Jordan: But it was day one, we had like a writer's meeting to start the day; 141 00:04:56.729 --> 00:04:57.330 Sammy: Mhmm. 142 00:04:57.363 --> 00:04:58.831 Jordan: back when they were on Mondays. 143 00:04:58.865 --> 00:04:59.465 Sammy: Yeah. 144 00:04:59.465 --> 00:05:02.568 Jordan: And then I was immediately sent to Linus's house to try to fix his Wi-Fi. 145 00:05:02.602 --> 00:05:03.670 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 146 00:05:04.070 --> 00:05:06.005 Jordan: And we shot that video the next day. 147 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:06.572 Sammy: Wow. 148 00:05:06.572 --> 00:05:09.342 Jordan: So like, day two of my trial we were shooting a video. 149 00:05:09.342 --> 00:05:13.112 Jordan: Yeah, it's a little weird to go \"okay here, go to the boss's place\", day one. 150 00:05:13.112 --> 00:05:13.913 Sammy: Yeah, \"here's his address\". 151 00:05:13.913 --> 00:05:14.714 Jordan: He's not home. 152 00:05:15.014 --> 00:05:16.015 Sammy: Oh that's-, yeah that's weird. 153 00:05:16.015 --> 00:05:18.451 Jordan: He lets you in, and his kids show up randomly after school. 154 00:05:18.484 --> 00:05:19.585 Jordan: You're like, hi guys! 155 00:05:20.053 --> 00:05:21.054 Sammy: It's like it's a stranger. 156 00:05:21.187 --> 00:05:22.522 Jordan: There's a weird man in our house. 157 00:05:23.456 --> 00:05:25.491 Sammy: I would have been so uncomfortable, Oh my goodness. 158 00:05:25.525 --> 00:05:30.229 Jordan: It wasn't that bad, because like I used to do like on-site service and stuff, 159 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:32.265 Jordan: for computers and printers and stuff. 160 00:05:32.298 --> 00:05:35.201 Jordan: So like, you get used to going to random people's houses. 161 00:05:35.234 --> 00:05:36.769 Sammy: Yeah, but this is like, your boss's house. 162 00:05:36.803 --> 00:05:37.603 Jordan: This is like, yeah. 163 00:05:37.637 --> 00:05:38.071 Sammy: Weird. 164 00:05:38.104 --> 00:05:39.872 Jordan: The boss who I hadn't even met at that point. 165 00:05:39.906 --> 00:05:42.075 Sammy: Oh, you haven't met him? Oh, that's so funny. 166 00:05:42.408 --> 00:05:44.210 Jordan: I don't even remember if he was in the meeting or not, 167 00:05:44.277 --> 00:05:46.846 Jordan: because the meetings were always on teams then. 168 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.447 Sammy: Yeah. 169 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:48.614 Sammy: He's like, who are you? 170 00:05:48.781 --> 00:05:49.649 Jordan: Exactly. 171 00:05:49.882 --> 00:05:50.616 Jordan: \"Oh, okay\". 172 00:05:50.650 --> 00:05:51.484 Sammy: Okay. 173 00:05:52.218 --> 00:05:52.919 Sammy: Just blinding... 174 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:54.654 Jordan: Very trusted guy, that Linus. 175 00:05:54.687 --> 00:05:55.288 Jordan: Hahaha. 176 00:05:55.288 --> 00:05:56.789 Sammy: That's the weirdest story, 177 00:05:56.823 --> 00:05:58.791 but what do you think is the hardest part of this job? 178 00:05:58.825 --> 00:06:00.860 Because you said it was pretty low stress compared to it, 179 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.197 but there's probably some points that make the job more difficult, I guess. 180 00:06:04.664 --> 00:06:09.001 Jordan: There's a lot of Linus wrangling involved, especially when you're shooting. 181 00:06:09.001 --> 00:06:09.569 Sammy: Yeah. 182 00:06:09.702 --> 00:06:12.138 Jordan: Because you've got you know, limited time to work with to get your shoot done, 183 00:06:12.138 --> 00:06:15.341 and Linus is scheduled pretty, pretty tightly. 184 00:06:15.341 --> 00:06:16.075 Sammy: Mhmm. 185 00:06:16.142 --> 00:06:20.780 Jordan: So a matter of just keeping everything moving, keeping him on track 186 00:06:20.780 --> 00:06:24.150 while still getting everything you need for the video and 187 00:06:24.183 --> 00:06:24.717 Sammy: Mmm. 188 00:06:25.418 --> 00:06:28.054 Jordan: yeah, that's probably the toughest part, is just keeping things- 189 00:06:28.121 --> 00:06:29.322 Sammy: Like on track. 190 00:06:29.355 --> 00:06:31.090 Jordan: On track while you're making the good videol; 191 00:06:31.090 --> 00:06:33.226 it's a tough kind of balancing act sometimes. 192 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:35.361 Sammy: Yeah, I remember for my video, 193 00:06:35.661 --> 00:06:36.162 Jordan: Yeah. 194 00:06:36.195 --> 00:06:38.831 Sammy: the goal wasn't to fix my computer. 195 00:06:38.831 --> 00:06:41.934 I said the computer's kind of f***ed up, but I said don't bother, 196 00:06:41.934 --> 00:06:43.302 Sammy: but he ended up wanting to fix it. 197 00:06:43.336 --> 00:06:44.837 Sammy: So then, that ate up 198 00:06:44.871 --> 00:06:48.341 Jordan: Yeah, he will get into little chunks where like, \"no, I'm doing this\". Sammy: Like 3 hours 199 00:06:48.341 --> 00:06:48.875 Sammy: Yeah, that's like... 200 00:06:48.875 --> 00:06:51.010 Jordan: And you're like, okay well, you know at a certain point 201 00:06:51.010 --> 00:06:52.578 you've got to just wave your hands and- 202 00:06:52.645 --> 00:06:53.212 Sammy: Yeah. 203 00:06:53.212 --> 00:06:54.547 Jordan: Yep, you're going to do what you're going to do. 204 00:06:54.547 --> 00:06:55.748 Sammy: Yeah it's like, you're the boss. 205 00:06:55.848 --> 00:06:56.482 Jordan: Yep. 206 00:06:56.482 --> 00:06:58.918 Jordan: I think it's a different experience for the people who've been here 207 00:06:58.918 --> 00:07:00.920 kind of from the start more where they're like, 208 00:07:02.355 --> 00:07:05.992 like I have no problem telling him off and telling him what to do, 209 00:07:06.192 --> 00:07:10.530 but like, at a certain point he's still the boss and you can't overrule him. Sammy: Exactly, yeah. 210 00:07:10.530 --> 00:07:12.498 Sammy: How did you get into your quote on quote skills? 211 00:07:12.498 --> 00:07:14.133 Sammy: So I guess your tech skills. 212 00:07:14.133 --> 00:07:18.838 From knowing all the writers, I think you're like the most technology proficient? 213 00:07:19.172 --> 00:07:21.140 Jordan: I've just been doing it a long time. 214 00:07:21.140 --> 00:07:23.042 Sammy: Yeah well, yeah that means you're proficient, right? 215 00:07:23.075 --> 00:07:25.845 Jordan: I mean, starting like elementary school even we were, 216 00:07:25.845 --> 00:07:29.215 I was in some group where we got like a bunch of access to the, 217 00:07:29.949 --> 00:07:31.951 like Mac Classics I think we had back then? 218 00:07:31.951 --> 00:07:32.418 Sammy: Yeah. 219 00:07:32.418 --> 00:07:35.655 Jordan: And so we were doing like programming and HyperCard and stuff on those? 220 00:07:36.355 --> 00:07:40.126 And then like, got a computer when I was fairly young; 221 00:07:40.126 --> 00:07:44.697 but I'm like, old enough that I remember not having computers. 222 00:07:44.697 --> 00:07:45.631 Sammy: Hahahaha. 223 00:07:45.631 --> 00:07:48.067 Sammy: I'm not saying anything about age. 224 00:07:48.534 --> 00:07:49.235 Jordan: No, no. 225 00:07:49.869 --> 00:07:52.004 Jordan: Yeah I've just, yeah I've just been doing it a long time I guess, 226 00:07:52.004 --> 00:07:56.509 and always been interested in programming and things like that. 227 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:58.177 I'm not a good programmer, but- 228 00:07:58.311 --> 00:08:01.747 Sammy: How long do you think you've been doing like, tech stuff, I guess? 229 00:08:01.948 --> 00:08:04.317 Jordan: Probably since I was like, eight maybe? 230 00:08:04.317 --> 00:08:05.685 Sammy: So how many years is that? 231 00:08:06.719 --> 00:08:08.254 Jordan: Wow, math is hard bro. 232 00:08:08.454 --> 00:08:09.088 Sammy: Hahaha. 233 00:08:09.121 --> 00:08:10.523 Jordan: 30 plus years then? 234 00:08:10.556 --> 00:08:11.591 Sammy: That's a long time. 235 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:15.761 Sammy: What do you think is like, your favorite tech niche area? 236 00:08:16.529 --> 00:08:19.098 Because I think everyone has like a niche area. Jordan: Hmmm. 237 00:08:19.165 --> 00:08:19.832 Jordan: Yeah. 238 00:08:20.266 --> 00:08:21.667 Sammy: But I feel like for you, you're like- 239 00:08:21.701 --> 00:08:26.272 From what I'm understanding it's like you're like, proficient at almost every- 240 00:08:26.272 --> 00:08:28.741 Like you're, you have wide knowledge; 241 00:08:28.941 --> 00:08:31.177 but like I don't know what you're really proficient in, I guess. 242 00:08:31.244 --> 00:08:34.180 Jordan: Yeah, I consider myself kind of a generalist. 243 00:08:34.180 --> 00:08:36.082 Like, I just like tech in general? 244 00:08:36.082 --> 00:08:36.716 Sammy: Yeah. 245 00:08:36.716 --> 00:08:39.852 Jordan: It's more like I want to see something nifty and new. 246 00:08:39.886 --> 00:08:40.286 Sammy: Mmmm. 247 00:08:40.319 --> 00:08:44.757 Jordan: I don't really want to go like in-depth on like, here's every monitor, 248 00:08:44.790 --> 00:08:46.759 and here's the one spec that makes this one better than the other one. 249 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.996 Jordan: I don't care, it does not matter at all. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 250 00:08:50.062 --> 00:08:52.231 Jordan: This is three more nits? Great, good for you. 251 00:08:52.665 --> 00:08:54.934 Right? Fill your boots; it doesn't matter to me. 252 00:08:54.934 --> 00:08:57.970 I want to see like, something interesting and new basically. 253 00:08:57.970 --> 00:08:59.138 Sammy: Yeah; like, I know that. 254 00:08:59.138 --> 00:09:02.508 Jordan: I've got a weird spot for like, old technology too though, so. 255 00:09:03.276 --> 00:09:04.577 Sammy: I was just going to say, the two videos 256 00:09:04.577 --> 00:09:08.447 I was just going to mention is like, you did like the 3D monitor. 257 00:09:08.481 --> 00:09:09.815 Jordan: Yeah, we just shot that. 258 00:09:09.882 --> 00:09:11.217 Sammy: And then followed by the- 259 00:09:11.217 --> 00:09:12.585 The weird controllers. 260 00:09:12.785 --> 00:09:15.821 Jordan: Weird controllers, and I've done the Soviet mouse and the Soviet keyboard. 261 00:09:15.855 --> 00:09:17.823 Sammy: Yeah, you like the weird. 262 00:09:17.823 --> 00:09:18.891 Jordan: I like weird stuff? 263 00:09:18.891 --> 00:09:19.392 Sammy: Yeah. 264 00:09:19.392 --> 00:09:19.792 Jordan: Yeah. 265 00:09:19.926 --> 00:09:22.061 Sammy: Yeah, because I feel like you've seen a lot of things, 266 00:09:22.061 --> 00:09:23.963 so you just want like, something new to like- 267 00:09:23.963 --> 00:09:26.132 Jordan: Yeah, yeah that's fair. 268 00:09:26.599 --> 00:09:28.200 Sammy: Yeah, I remember Plouffe's also- 269 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.903 I talked to Plouffe like, about keyboards; he's like yeah, 270 00:09:30.903 --> 00:09:33.873 I like cool gimmicky things on keyboards, because he's probably seen like- 271 00:09:34.173 --> 00:09:37.677 Jordan: Yeah, you've seen it all and like, yeah. 272 00:09:37.677 --> 00:09:41.347 Sammy: What do you think is your favorite tech, product I guess? 273 00:09:41.647 --> 00:09:45.751 Jordan: Honestly it might be, like Kindle and Kobo and that kind of- 274 00:09:45.751 --> 00:09:46.085 Sammy: Oh really? 275 00:09:46.118 --> 00:09:47.353 Jordan: Just basic e-ink, e-readers. 276 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:51.123 Jordan: For whatever reason, e-ink I really like; I'm a big reader so like- 277 00:09:51.123 --> 00:09:51.557 Sammy: Oh, yeah? 278 00:09:52.124 --> 00:09:57.363 Jordan: And like, being able to just have thousands of books in your hand 279 00:09:58.097 --> 00:10:01.834 Jordan: in a format that's not like, blowing light in your eyes all the time, 280 00:10:01.867 --> 00:10:05.638 Jordan: is a really wonderful thing; and I had gone through a ton of Kindles. 281 00:10:06.072 --> 00:10:06.639 Sammy: Oh, yeah? 282 00:10:06.772 --> 00:10:08.507 Jordan: Ever since they first came out, yeah. 283 00:10:08.841 --> 00:10:10.576 Sammy: What do you uh, what books are you reading right now? 284 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:14.547 Jordan: The Thrawn series; it is no longer canon or whatever for Star Wars. 285 00:10:14.547 --> 00:10:14.614 Sammy: Oh, okay. 286 00:10:14.614 --> 00:10:17.450 Sammy: What's the coolest project you got to work on at LMG? 287 00:10:17.483 --> 00:10:19.452 Jordan: I can't remember even half of them now. 288 00:10:20.186 --> 00:10:20.686 Sammy: Really? 289 00:10:20.987 --> 00:10:23.522 Jordan: You go through it, you're, you know, it's your week and you're done. 290 00:10:23.522 --> 00:10:25.791 Sammy: I remember all the cool projects we've done. 291 00:10:25.791 --> 00:10:26.359 Jordan: Yeah. 292 00:10:26.525 --> 00:10:28.694 Jordan: The wires in the desk thing was really fun to work on, 293 00:10:28.694 --> 00:10:30.396 and just figuring out how that was going to work. 294 00:10:30.930 --> 00:10:35.301 And it was fairly early in my time here, so I actually got to spend a good week 295 00:10:35.301 --> 00:10:37.336 doing nothing but sitting in the shop and working on it. 296 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:38.771 That was nice. 297 00:10:39.939 --> 00:10:41.140 What else have I done here, Sammy? 298 00:10:42.375 --> 00:10:44.677 Jordan: The recording jammer actually was really cool; 299 00:10:45.311 --> 00:10:48.748 Jordan: Seeing how that would actually just completely wreck microphones, basically; 300 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:49.815 Sammy: Hahahaha. 301 00:10:49.815 --> 00:10:51.784 Jordan: make it totally impossible to understand anything. 302 00:10:51.917 --> 00:10:53.152 Jordan: That was really cool. 303 00:10:53.185 --> 00:10:55.388 Jordan: Actually, the Steam Deck modding was pretty good too, 304 00:10:55.388 --> 00:10:55.855 Sammy: Oh yeah. 305 00:10:55.888 --> 00:10:58.491 Jordan: when replacing it with like the high-def screen and everything; 306 00:10:58.491 --> 00:10:58.858 Sammy: Yeah. 307 00:10:58.858 --> 00:11:00.159 Jordan: complete waste of time, don't do it. 308 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:01.093 Sammy: Hahahaha. 309 00:11:01.160 --> 00:11:02.194 Jordan: But it was really cool. 310 00:11:02.228 --> 00:11:04.397 Sammy: What were your jobs prior to LMG? 311 00:11:05.031 --> 00:11:06.966 I know you've work at a lot, so I'll rephrase it. 312 00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:07.867 Jordan: Hahahaha. 313 00:11:07.900 --> 00:11:08.668 Sammy: The key ones. 314 00:11:08.701 --> 00:11:12.438 The job you think that made you the person you are today, I guess? 315 00:11:12.672 --> 00:11:14.907 Jordan: Well actually you know, an early one that sticks out, 316 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:20.546 totally unrelated to tech but was um, not making, 317 00:11:20.546 --> 00:11:23.649 I guess like bundling pizza boxes for Domino's Pizza? 318 00:11:23.649 --> 00:11:24.050 Sammy: Oh? 319 00:11:24.083 --> 00:11:25.818 Jordan: I will never eat Domino's Pizza. 320 00:11:25.851 --> 00:11:26.686 Sammy: What? Really? 321 00:11:27.486 --> 00:11:29.388 Jordan: Because I know what happened in that warehouse. 322 00:11:29.422 --> 00:11:31.257 Sammy and Jordan: *Laughs*. 323 00:11:31.857 --> 00:11:34.727 Sammy: Someone's eating Domino's Pizza right now while watching this, 324 00:11:34.727 --> 00:11:35.861 they're like, oh my God. 325 00:11:36.495 --> 00:11:39.098 Jordan: I won't say any more, but no; I won't eat Domino's. 326 00:11:39.665 --> 00:11:45.571 Um, beyond that like, spent many, many years in a computer shop, 327 00:11:45.571 --> 00:11:50.943 doing you know, everything from retail sales to upper management, and everything; 328 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:52.712 and everything in between, basically. 329 00:11:53.212 --> 00:11:53.779 Sammy: Mmmm. 330 00:11:53.846 --> 00:11:56.182 Jordan: And so that kind of gives me a pretty broad... 331 00:11:56.682 --> 00:11:59.719 Sammy: Yeah, and you worked at an IT place for like, eight - ten years, right? 332 00:11:59.752 --> 00:12:00.886 Jordan: Well, that was part of there, too. 333 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:01.353 Sammy: Oh. 334 00:12:01.387 --> 00:12:02.188 Jordan: Oh jeez, I forgot about that job. 335 00:12:02.188 --> 00:12:03.055 Sammy: Oh, my god. 336 00:12:03.089 --> 00:12:04.056 Jordan: Oh my goodness. 337 00:12:04.423 --> 00:12:04.724 Sammy: Yeah, you... 338 00:12:04.724 --> 00:12:08.761 Jordan: Okay yeah, I worked for a dot com where I was like, 339 00:12:08.761 --> 00:12:11.997 head of IT for a bunch of years. 340 00:12:12.064 --> 00:12:12.698 Sammy: Yeah. 341 00:12:13.232 --> 00:12:14.934 Jordan: I forgot, oh man, I forgot about that. 342 00:12:14.967 --> 00:12:16.368 Sammy: I can't believe you forgot about that, that's crazy. 343 00:12:16.368 --> 00:12:17.570 Jordan: I'm old, man. 344 00:12:19.338 --> 00:12:20.106 Jordan: Yeah, so yeah, 345 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:23.275 I worked for like a realestate dot com company for a bunch of years; 346 00:12:24.310 --> 00:12:26.779 and that was an interesting experience. 347 00:12:26.812 --> 00:12:28.781 Sammy: Was it easier working there than here? 348 00:12:28.781 --> 00:12:32.384 Jordan: No, because the boss was crazy; like, legit crazy. 349 00:12:32.384 --> 00:12:32.918 Sammy: Hahaha. 350 00:12:32.952 --> 00:12:36.122 Jordan: So, it was a very... I learned a lot of diplomacy there, 351 00:12:36.155 --> 00:12:36.622 Sammy: Yeah. 352 00:12:36.922 --> 00:12:40.893 Jordan: in dealing with the boss and his whims, basically. 353 00:12:41.594 --> 00:12:43.195 Jordan: So, maybe that's why I'm easygoing about bosses now. 354 00:12:43.195 --> 00:12:43.929 Sammy: Hahahaha. 355 00:12:43.929 --> 00:12:44.430 Jordan: I don't know. 356 00:12:44.463 --> 00:12:46.265 Sammy: Yeah, Linus wants to do this one day? Yeah, sure. 357 00:12:46.265 --> 00:12:46.699 Jordan: Yeah. 358 00:12:46.732 --> 00:12:47.767 Sammy: That's fine, that's normal. 359 00:12:48.834 --> 00:12:50.269 Jordan: Yeah, that was a place- 360 00:12:50.302 --> 00:12:55.040 I think I started there as like a programmer and ended up running IT for ages; 361 00:12:55.074 --> 00:12:56.575 and then they got bought out and crashed, 362 00:12:56.642 --> 00:12:59.845 and all that fun back in the old dot com bubbles. 363 00:13:00.112 --> 00:13:00.746 Sammy: That's fun. 364 00:13:01.046 --> 00:13:03.783 Jordan: And yeah, computer store like I said; 365 00:13:03.816 --> 00:13:06.685 I ran my own computer repair business for a long time for like, 366 00:13:06.685 --> 00:13:08.154 home repairs and stuff like that. 367 00:13:08.187 --> 00:13:09.622 Sammy: Is the profits like, good? 368 00:13:10.523 --> 00:13:12.324 Jordan: Well, back then it was okay. 369 00:13:12.391 --> 00:13:13.425 Sammy: Oh. 370 00:13:13.626 --> 00:13:15.161 Jordan: It's harder now I would say. 371 00:13:15.161 --> 00:13:15.361 Sammy: Yeah... 372 00:13:15.361 --> 00:13:17.196 Jordan: I think service is probably still okay; 373 00:13:17.229 --> 00:13:20.166 but like trying to run a computer store, you're insane if you're trying to do that. 374 00:13:20.166 --> 00:13:20.900 Sammy: Yeah, because I'm assuming, like- 375 00:13:20.933 --> 00:13:21.967 Jordan: There's no money in it. 376 00:13:22.001 --> 00:13:22.835 Sammy: Yeah, I'm assuming because like, 377 00:13:23.469 --> 00:13:26.372 yeah, the charge's so low because the entrance is now available. 378 00:13:26.405 --> 00:13:26.906 Sammy: It's like- 379 00:13:26.906 --> 00:13:29.375 Jordan: Well, everyone's going to just go to Amazon and buy whatever they want. 380 00:13:29.408 --> 00:13:30.276 Sammy: Yeah; oh, yeah. 381 00:13:30.276 --> 00:13:32.778 Jordan: So it's like the only thing you can charge money for is services; 382 00:13:32.845 --> 00:13:35.815 and like, a lot of the time it's like the computer 383 00:13:35.815 --> 00:13:39.285 or whatever you're repairing is worth less than you're charging to repair it, 384 00:13:39.351 --> 00:13:39.885 Sammy: Mmmm. 385 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:40.853 Jordan: so what's the point? 386 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.720 Sammy: Mmmm. 387 00:13:42.154 --> 00:13:46.458 Jordan: So it's a tough, tough kind of niche to try to survive in. 388 00:13:47.026 --> 00:13:48.594 Sammy: Yeah, that's pretty hard, yeah. 389 00:13:48.594 --> 00:13:50.863 Sorry, how long did you run that store for? 390 00:13:51.030 --> 00:13:52.665 Jordan: I was there for 12 years. 391 00:13:52.698 --> 00:13:53.599 Sammy: 12 years. 392 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.466 Sammy: That's cool. 393 00:13:54.466 --> 00:13:55.167 Jordan: Something like that? 394 00:13:55.501 --> 00:13:56.135 Sammy: I think it's like- 395 00:13:56.168 --> 00:13:57.169 Jordan: That wasn't my company, that was- 396 00:13:57.169 --> 00:13:58.437 Sammy: Oh, okay, nevermind then. 397 00:13:58.804 --> 00:14:01.974 Jordan: No, I ran my own kind of on and off; kind of forever basically, 398 00:14:02.007 --> 00:14:08.314 but, this is a private service, outcall service kind of thing. 399 00:14:08.347 --> 00:14:09.114 Sammy: That's cool. 400 00:14:09.515 --> 00:14:11.951 Yeah, you have a law experience and, in like just tech; 401 00:14:11.984 --> 00:14:14.119 and I don't think a lot of people know that, that's the thing. 402 00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:15.721 Jordan: I've seen a lot of stuff. 403 00:14:17.156 --> 00:14:18.224 Sammy: Seen the good and the bad. 404 00:14:18.791 --> 00:14:20.793 Jordan: I was always like the guy that was like, 405 00:14:20.826 --> 00:14:23.362 what's this weird old thing we're looking at? We can't figure out how to fix it. 406 00:14:23.362 --> 00:14:24.997 Oh, that's that; yeah. 407 00:14:25.130 --> 00:14:27.600 Sammy: Alright, Jordan; this is a tailored question for you. 408 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.370 Sammy: What's the most horror story you have during your IT time. 409 00:14:31.370 --> 00:14:33.272 Jordan: Okay, I've got a couple. 410 00:14:33.305 --> 00:14:34.373 Sammy: Hahahaha. 411 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:36.909 Jordan: Okay, one- Okay, I forgot about this job, too; 412 00:14:36.942 --> 00:14:37.543 Sammy: Oh jeez. 413 00:14:37.543 --> 00:14:40.813 Jordan: but I worked in a call center for a while, at a college; 414 00:14:40.846 --> 00:14:45.985 and supporting for notebook computers. 415 00:14:45.985 --> 00:14:50.055 And a guy called in complaining that his computer was crashing; 416 00:14:50.623 --> 00:14:53.058 but he claimed that it was running his life support system 417 00:14:53.058 --> 00:14:57.363 as an experimental thing from like, the Mayo Clinic or something in the States? 418 00:14:57.363 --> 00:14:57.863 Sammy: Okay. 419 00:14:57.863 --> 00:15:00.666 Jordan: And so he was furious that we couldn't fix his computer, 420 00:15:02.268 --> 00:15:03.903 because he wanted more RAM or something like that. 421 00:15:03.903 --> 00:15:06.372 He wanted us to send him more RAM, or he was going to die 422 00:15:06.405 --> 00:15:09.475 because his life support wouldn't work or something like that. 423 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:10.175 Sammy: Okay. 424 00:15:10.276 --> 00:15:13.779 Jordan: So that was like a, I don't believe you sir, 425 00:15:13.812 --> 00:15:16.382 but I'm going to escalate this to my superior here, 426 00:15:16.382 --> 00:15:18.217 and they can think about it for a while. 427 00:15:18.517 --> 00:15:20.252 Jordan: In computer repair, seeing some of the 428 00:15:20.786 --> 00:15:24.056 horrible crap inside people's computers when you open them up to fix them? 429 00:15:25.424 --> 00:15:29.061 Like, just full on hazmat suit time; it's just nasty stuff. 430 00:15:29.061 --> 00:15:30.729 Sammy: Alright, and then we get back to the first question, 431 00:15:30.729 --> 00:15:32.164 which is your two truths and a lie. 432 00:15:32.197 --> 00:15:32.631 Jordan: Yeah. 433 00:15:32.698 --> 00:15:34.733 Sammy: So do you want to reiterate them and then tell us which one was the lie? 434 00:15:34.733 --> 00:15:35.434 Jordan: I forgot them. 435 00:15:35.467 --> 00:15:36.535 Sammy: Pffthahahahaha! 436 00:15:36.635 --> 00:15:38.470 Jordan: The lie was I don't have two dogs. 437 00:15:38.504 --> 00:15:39.104 Sammy: What? 438 00:15:40.406 --> 00:15:41.240 Sammy: Do you have any pets? Jordan: No. 439 00:15:41.273 --> 00:15:42.508 Jordan: No animals right now, no. 440 00:15:42.574 --> 00:15:43.208 Sammy: No, okay. 441 00:15:43.709 --> 00:15:45.311 Jordan: I finally moved somewhere that I could have... 442 00:15:45.878 --> 00:15:47.379 Sammy: Oh, yeah; are you planning on getting a pet? 443 00:15:47.413 --> 00:15:48.647 Jordan: Probably get some cats, yeah. 444 00:15:48.981 --> 00:15:50.182 Sammy: Cats are good, I love cats. 445 00:15:50.215 --> 00:15:51.283 Jordan: They're more chill than dogs. 446 00:15:51.317 --> 00:15:52.518 Jordan: Thanks for subscribing, guys. 447 00:15:52.551 --> 00:15:55.054 If you liked the video, give us a thumbs up, leave a comment; 448 00:15:55.087 --> 00:15:56.789 and yeah, we'll see you next time.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Jordan: Hi I'm Jordan, and I'm a writer here at LMG. 2 00:00:03.103 --> 00:00:03.837 Sammy: Perfect Jordan. 3 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:07.173 Before we start, you have to tell me two truths and a lie. 4 00:00:07.474 --> 00:00:12.212 Jordan: I have one brother, two dogs, and I'm very old. 5 00:00:12.245 --> 00:00:13.146 Sammy: Hahahaha. 6 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:14.881 Sammy: Okay, that's great. 7 00:00:14.881 --> 00:00:16.383 Not the old one, not the old one. 8 00:00:16.383 --> 00:00:17.217 Jordan: Come on. 9 00:00:18.818 --> 00:00:20.320 Jordan: I'm older than Sammy, how about that? 10 00:00:20.787 --> 00:00:22.288 Jordan: I wonder if I'm the oldest guy here; 11 00:00:22.288 --> 00:00:23.089 Sammy: I would- 12 00:00:23.123 --> 00:00:24.357 Jordan: I think Shawn probably has me beat. 13 00:00:24.724 --> 00:00:25.625 Jordan: Maybe Terren. 14 00:00:25.625 --> 00:00:25.658 Sammy: Oh yeah. 15 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:27.994 Sammy: Alright Jordan, so I got some questions here for you. 16 00:00:27.994 --> 00:00:28.528 Jordan: Okay. 17 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:30.697 Sammy: I said like, what do you do here? 18 00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:33.400 Which is actually kind of answered already, which is a writer. 19 00:00:33.433 --> 00:00:37.570 Jordan: I'm a writer so yeah, I pitch ideas, write videos, 20 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:40.540 and then basically produce them through to completion. 21 00:00:40.707 --> 00:00:42.242 Sammy: Yeah, I think writer is probably like, 22 00:00:42.275 --> 00:00:44.744 Sammy: the most like, well-known roles I guess? At the company. 23 00:00:44.744 --> 00:00:45.345 Jordan: Probably. 24 00:00:45.412 --> 00:00:48.915 Sammy: Yeah, so I don't think most people are too curious about it, 25 00:00:48.948 --> 00:00:49.416 but we're to learn about you. 26 00:00:49.416 --> 00:00:50.550 Jordan: We're all boring anyway. 27 00:00:50.583 --> 00:00:51.051 Sammy: Hahaha. 28 00:00:51.084 --> 00:00:53.153 Sammy: No, you're not boring. 29 00:00:53.153 --> 00:00:56.856 I know some of these answers, and I think you're a very interesting person Jordan. 30 00:00:56.856 --> 00:00:57.390 Jordan: Alright. 31 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:59.259 Sammy: How long have you been here at the company? 32 00:00:59.259 --> 00:01:02.362 Because I think you're the newest writer that's not like, 33 00:01:02.362 --> 00:01:04.097 people who've been here internally prior. 34 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:08.935 Jordan: I think Elijah started here after me, but not in writing. 35 00:01:08.968 --> 00:01:09.569 Sammy: Yeah. 36 00:01:10.203 --> 00:01:13.506 Jordan: Because I started, is this year three? 37 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.409 Sammy: This is your third year? No, it's not. 38 00:01:16.443 --> 00:01:18.278 Jordan: Because okay, no, this is my second Christmas party coming up. 39 00:01:18.278 --> 00:01:18.845 Sammy: Yeah. 40 00:01:19.612 --> 00:01:21.748 Jordan: But I started like right after the previous one; 41 00:01:21.748 --> 00:01:22.849 so is that three years, then? 42 00:01:23.116 --> 00:01:23.650 Sammy: Two years. 43 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:24.150 Jordan: Two years. 44 00:01:24.150 --> 00:01:27.253 Sammy: I remember when I started as an editor, you were also... 45 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:29.289 Jordan: Okay, so I've been here two years. 46 00:01:29.489 --> 00:01:29.923 Sammy: Yeah. 47 00:01:30.356 --> 00:01:30.790 Jordan: Okay. 48 00:01:30.924 --> 00:01:31.758 Sammy: Yeah, two years. 49 00:01:31.758 --> 00:01:33.927 Jordan: So I've been here for two years now, or just about. 50 00:01:33.927 --> 00:01:37.397 Sammy: So what hobbies do you have outside of work? 51 00:01:37.397 --> 00:01:39.399 Jordan: Well, work is not a hobby, so yeah, it's good. 52 00:01:39.399 --> 00:01:40.200 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 53 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.570 Jordan: Gaming, I do a lot of woodworking in my spare time; 54 00:01:43.570 --> 00:01:44.370 Sammy: Oh, really woodworking? 55 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:46.172 Jordan: and 3D printing and stuff as well. 56 00:01:46.172 --> 00:01:48.775 Sammy: You worked on the cleanest PC, right? 57 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:49.142 Jordan: Yeah. 58 00:01:49.175 --> 00:01:51.544 Sammy: I think that was the first video we worked on together, and I was like- 59 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:52.579 Jordan: It could be, yeah. 60 00:01:53.113 --> 00:01:55.982 Sammy: Is there any woodwork projects that you're really proud of? 61 00:01:56.015 --> 00:02:00.487 Jordan: I'm doing a lot of wood turnings, so like bowls and stuff right now; 62 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:03.123 and that kind of thing, those turn out really cool usually, so- 63 00:02:03.156 --> 00:02:05.825 Sammy: When you saw Kyle's wood table, how did you react to it? 64 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:07.894 Jordan: That's pretty slick, I'm pretty impressed with that. Sammy: *Laughs*. 65 00:02:07.927 --> 00:02:09.195 Jordan: He did a good job on that. 66 00:02:09.429 --> 00:02:13.199 Jordan: Him and Sebastian's too, in his upgrade recently it was really nice work. 67 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.001 Sammy: So how long have you been doing woodworking for? 68 00:02:15.034 --> 00:02:16.302 Jordan: Oh, like my whole life. 69 00:02:16.369 --> 00:02:17.036 Sammy: Oh, really? 70 00:02:17.036 --> 00:02:17.470 Jordan: Yeah. 71 00:02:18.104 --> 00:02:20.106 Jordan: My grandpa had a shop, so I've kind of always done it. 72 00:02:20.106 --> 00:02:22.709 Sammy: Would you like to do more like woodworking videos? 73 00:02:23.176 --> 00:02:24.144 Jordan: It'd be nice, yeah. 74 00:02:24.244 --> 00:02:26.246 It's tough to get them approved. 75 00:02:26.246 --> 00:02:28.414 Sammy: Yeah, because I'm assuming they're like really expensive. 76 00:02:28.448 --> 00:02:30.683 Jordan: It's more like, time-consuming is the problem. 77 00:02:30.683 --> 00:02:31.818 Sammy: Oh, okay, okay. 78 00:02:32.152 --> 00:02:34.454 Sammy: How long does like an average product take for you? 79 00:02:35.155 --> 00:02:37.390 Jordan: For like an interm woodworking project, or like a-? 80 00:02:37.390 --> 00:02:38.525 Sammy: A woodworking project? Yeah. 81 00:02:38.525 --> 00:02:42.061 Jordan: I mean it can be like, half an hour to make a pen or something; 82 00:02:42.061 --> 00:02:44.664 or like, months to do something significant. 83 00:02:44.697 --> 00:02:47.667 Sammy: Like on average would you say it's like, a week? 84 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:48.668 Jordan: I usually do things that are, 85 00:02:48.668 --> 00:02:51.037 like yeah, like a week or so kind of thing. 86 00:02:51.037 --> 00:02:53.473 Sammy: That's cool, that's cool; any other hobbies? 87 00:02:54.040 --> 00:02:59.179 Jordan: Uh, gaming like everybody; but like, some 3D printing again lately. 88 00:02:59.846 --> 00:03:02.115 Sammy: Any particular game that you're in right now? 89 00:03:02.549 --> 00:03:05.618 Jordan: Right now, I've just started playing Lord of the Rings, 90 00:03:05.685 --> 00:03:08.621 like, Return to the Mines of Moria? Something like that. 91 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:11.591 It's, like, a survival crafting game where you're a dwarf; 92 00:03:11.991 --> 00:03:14.260 and like, just going through and exploring the mines. 93 00:03:14.294 --> 00:03:17.230 It's pretty cool so far, but I'm lik maybe two hours in, so- 94 00:03:17.297 --> 00:03:19.098 Sammy: What's your favorite game of all time, then? 95 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:20.366 Jordan: Oh, boy. 96 00:03:20.366 --> 00:03:21.467 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 97 00:03:21.534 --> 00:03:25.305 Jordan: In terms of like raw hours spent, probably Rocket League. 98 00:03:25.438 --> 00:03:26.206 Sammy: Oh, really? 99 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.908 Jordan: But I stopped playing that after Epic got involved. 100 00:03:28.908 --> 00:03:30.843 Jordan: Favorite, maybe Last of Us? 101 00:03:30.877 --> 00:03:33.379 Jordan: That's a really good game, but I mean, I've only played that a couple of times. 102 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:34.714 Sammy: There's no wrong answer. 103 00:03:34.747 --> 00:03:36.282 Jordan: I can think of some wrong answers. 104 00:03:36.316 --> 00:03:37.984 Sammy: Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 105 00:03:37.984 --> 00:03:38.785 Sammy: Hahahaha. 106 00:03:39.185 --> 00:03:40.553 Sammy: What made you interested in this role? 107 00:03:40.587 --> 00:03:42.655 Jordan: It's interesting because it's like, 108 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:44.457 you're just doing different stuff all the time? 109 00:03:44.490 --> 00:03:44.924 Sammy: Mmmm. 110 00:03:45.191 --> 00:03:47.560 Jordan: I don't like doing the same thing over and over again. 111 00:03:47.594 --> 00:03:47.994 Sammy: Yeah. 112 00:03:48.394 --> 00:03:51.397 Jordan: It's like, you've already solved the problem, let's move on to something else; 113 00:03:51.397 --> 00:03:55.235 so I like picking up new projects and new things to learn all the time. 114 00:03:55.568 --> 00:03:57.770 Sammy: It makes everyday coming to work a little more interesting, then. 115 00:03:57.770 --> 00:03:58.705 Jordan: Exactly. 116 00:03:58.705 --> 00:04:01.341 Jordan: Like, I used to do some IT stuff, right? 117 00:04:01.374 --> 00:04:01.808 Sammy: Yeah. 118 00:04:01.808 --> 00:04:04.911 Jordan: That was just like, you feel like a data janitor after a while; 119 00:04:04.911 --> 00:04:07.313 you're just like, cleaning after other people screwing things up. 120 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:08.681 Sammy: So, how's working at LMG? 121 00:04:08.681 --> 00:04:09.616 Jordan: Good. 122 00:04:09.649 --> 00:04:11.150 Sammy: Yeah, because this is probably like, 123 00:04:11.184 --> 00:04:14.354 like you said, I kind of know that you worked at IT prior. 124 00:04:14.387 --> 00:04:14.988 Jordan: Yeah. 125 00:04:15.021 --> 00:04:16.689 Sammy: It's probably like very different in that like, 126 00:04:16.723 --> 00:04:21.661 Sammy: probably back then you weren't focusing on like, how to tell a story and like that. 127 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:22.762 Jordan: Not exactly. 128 00:04:22.762 --> 00:04:25.064 Jordan: It's definitely very different from what I used to do, 129 00:04:25.098 --> 00:04:27.967 Jordan: but no, it's actually, it's really enjoyable. 130 00:04:28.001 --> 00:04:30.503 Jordan: It's surprisingly very low stress, I don't know. 131 00:04:30.570 --> 00:04:34.841 People, I think people look at us and figure it's like, a high-stress environment; 132 00:04:34.874 --> 00:04:37.477 but like, compared to what I've done elsewhere, this is nothing. 133 00:04:37.477 --> 00:04:38.578 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 134 00:04:39.445 --> 00:04:40.980 Jordan: There's like zero stress here, really. 135 00:04:41.481 --> 00:04:44.617 Sammy: What's your weirdest story working at LMG? 136 00:04:44.651 --> 00:04:46.152 Jordan: At LMG, okay. 137 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.758 Jordan: Okay well, that's easy actually; that's day one of my trial, 138 00:04:51.758 --> 00:04:52.925 I wasn't even actually hired yet. 139 00:04:52.925 --> 00:04:53.660 Sammy: Oh, okay. 140 00:04:53.693 --> 00:04:56.462 Jordan: But it was day one, we had like a writer's meeting to start the day; 141 00:04:56.729 --> 00:04:57.330 Sammy: Mhmm. 142 00:04:57.363 --> 00:04:58.831 Jordan: back when they were on Mondays. 143 00:04:58.865 --> 00:04:59.465 Sammy: Yeah. 144 00:04:59.465 --> 00:05:02.568 Jordan: And then I was immediately sent to Linus's house to try to fix his Wi-Fi. 145 00:05:02.602 --> 00:05:03.670 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 146 00:05:04.070 --> 00:05:06.005 Jordan: And we shot that video the next day. 147 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:06.572 Sammy: Wow. 148 00:05:06.572 --> 00:05:09.342 Jordan: So like, day two of my trial we were shooting a video. 149 00:05:09.342 --> 00:05:13.112 Jordan: Yeah, it's a little weird to go \"okay here, go to the boss's place\", day one. 150 00:05:13.112 --> 00:05:13.913 Sammy: Yeah, \"here's his address\". 151 00:05:13.913 --> 00:05:14.714 Jordan: He's not home. 152 00:05:15.014 --> 00:05:16.015 Sammy: Oh that's-, yeah that's weird. 153 00:05:16.015 --> 00:05:18.451 Jordan: He lets you in, and his kids show up randomly after school. 154 00:05:18.484 --> 00:05:19.585 Jordan: You're like, hi guys! 155 00:05:20.053 --> 00:05:21.054 Sammy: It's like it's a stranger. 156 00:05:21.187 --> 00:05:22.522 Jordan: There's a weird man in our house. 157 00:05:23.456 --> 00:05:25.491 Sammy: I would have been so uncomfortable, Oh my goodness. 158 00:05:25.525 --> 00:05:30.229 Jordan: It wasn't that bad, because like I used to do like on-site service and stuff, 159 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:32.265 Jordan: for computers and printers and stuff. 160 00:05:32.298 --> 00:05:35.201 Jordan: So like, you get used to going to random people's houses. 161 00:05:35.234 --> 00:05:36.769 Sammy: Yeah, but this is like, your boss's house. 162 00:05:36.803 --> 00:05:37.603 Jordan: This is like, yeah. 163 00:05:37.637 --> 00:05:38.071 Sammy: Weird. 164 00:05:38.104 --> 00:05:39.872 Jordan: The boss who I hadn't even met at that point. 165 00:05:39.906 --> 00:05:42.075 Sammy: Oh, you haven't met him? Oh, that's so funny. 166 00:05:42.408 --> 00:05:44.210 Jordan: I don't even remember if he was in the meeting or not, 167 00:05:44.277 --> 00:05:46.846 Jordan: because the meetings were always on teams then. 168 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.447 Sammy: Yeah. 169 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:48.614 Sammy: He's like, who are you? 170 00:05:48.781 --> 00:05:49.649 Jordan: Exactly. 171 00:05:49.882 --> 00:05:50.616 Jordan: \"Oh, okay\". 172 00:05:50.650 --> 00:05:51.484 Sammy: Okay. 173 00:05:52.218 --> 00:05:52.919 Sammy: Just blinding... 174 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:54.654 Jordan: Very trusted guy, that Linus. 175 00:05:54.687 --> 00:05:55.288 Jordan: Hahaha. 176 00:05:55.288 --> 00:05:56.789 Sammy: That's the weirdest story, 177 00:05:56.823 --> 00:05:58.791 but what do you think is the hardest part of this job? 178 00:05:58.825 --> 00:06:00.860 Because you said it was pretty low stress compared to it, 179 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.197 but there's probably some points that make the job more difficult, I guess. 180 00:06:04.664 --> 00:06:09.001 Jordan: There's a lot of Linus wrangling involved, especially when you're shooting. 181 00:06:09.001 --> 00:06:09.569 Sammy: Yeah. 182 00:06:09.702 --> 00:06:12.138 Jordan: Because you've got you know, limited time to work with to get your shoot done, 183 00:06:12.138 --> 00:06:15.341 and Linus is scheduled pretty, pretty tightly. 184 00:06:15.341 --> 00:06:16.075 Sammy: Mhmm. 185 00:06:16.142 --> 00:06:20.780 Jordan: So a matter of just keeping everything moving, keeping him on track 186 00:06:20.780 --> 00:06:24.150 while still getting everything you need for the video and 187 00:06:24.183 --> 00:06:24.717 Sammy: Mmm. 188 00:06:25.418 --> 00:06:28.054 Jordan: yeah, that's probably the toughest part, is just keeping things- 189 00:06:28.121 --> 00:06:29.322 Sammy: Like on track. 190 00:06:29.355 --> 00:06:31.090 Jordan: On track while you're making the good videol; 191 00:06:31.090 --> 00:06:33.226 it's a tough kind of balancing act sometimes. 192 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:35.361 Sammy: Yeah, I remember for my video, 193 00:06:35.661 --> 00:06:36.162 Jordan: Yeah. 194 00:06:36.195 --> 00:06:38.831 Sammy: the goal wasn't to fix my computer. 195 00:06:38.831 --> 00:06:41.934 I said the computer's kind of f***ed up, but I said don't bother, 196 00:06:41.934 --> 00:06:43.302 Sammy: but he ended up wanting to fix it. 197 00:06:43.336 --> 00:06:44.837 Sammy: So then, that ate up 198 00:06:44.871 --> 00:06:48.341 Jordan: Yeah, he will get into little chunks where like, \"no, I'm doing this\". Sammy: Like 3 hours 199 00:06:48.341 --> 00:06:48.875 Sammy: Yeah, that's like... 200 00:06:48.875 --> 00:06:51.010 Jordan: And you're like, okay well, you know at a certain point 201 00:06:51.010 --> 00:06:52.578 you've got to just wave your hands and- 202 00:06:52.645 --> 00:06:53.212 Sammy: Yeah. 203 00:06:53.212 --> 00:06:54.547 Jordan: Yep, you're going to do what you're going to do. 204 00:06:54.547 --> 00:06:55.748 Sammy: Yeah it's like, you're the boss. 205 00:06:55.848 --> 00:06:56.482 Jordan: Yep. 206 00:06:56.482 --> 00:06:58.918 Jordan: I think it's a different experience for the people who've been here 207 00:06:58.918 --> 00:07:00.920 kind of from the start more where they're like, 208 00:07:02.355 --> 00:07:05.992 like I have no problem telling him off and telling him what to do, 209 00:07:06.192 --> 00:07:10.530 but like, at a certain point he's still the boss and you can't overrule him. Sammy: Exactly, yeah. 210 00:07:10.530 --> 00:07:12.498 Sammy: How did you get into your quote on quote skills? 211 00:07:12.498 --> 00:07:14.133 Sammy: So I guess your tech skills. 212 00:07:14.133 --> 00:07:18.838 From knowing all the writers, I think you're like the most technology proficient? 213 00:07:19.172 --> 00:07:21.140 Jordan: I've just been doing it a long time. 214 00:07:21.140 --> 00:07:23.042 Sammy: Yeah well, yeah that means you're proficient, right? 215 00:07:23.075 --> 00:07:25.845 Jordan: I mean, starting like elementary school even we were, 216 00:07:25.845 --> 00:07:29.215 I was in some group where we got like a bunch of access to the, 217 00:07:29.949 --> 00:07:31.951 like Mac Classics I think we had back then? 218 00:07:31.951 --> 00:07:32.418 Sammy: Yeah. 219 00:07:32.418 --> 00:07:35.655 Jordan: And so we were doing like programming and HyperCard and stuff on those? 220 00:07:36.355 --> 00:07:40.126 And then like, got a computer when I was fairly young; 221 00:07:40.126 --> 00:07:44.697 but I'm like, old enough that I remember not having computers. 222 00:07:44.697 --> 00:07:45.631 Sammy: Hahahaha. 223 00:07:45.631 --> 00:07:48.067 Sammy: I'm not saying anything about age. 224 00:07:48.534 --> 00:07:49.235 Jordan: No, no. 225 00:07:49.869 --> 00:07:52.004 Jordan: Yeah I've just, yeah I've just been doing it a long time I guess, 226 00:07:52.004 --> 00:07:56.509 and always been interested in programming and things like that. 227 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:58.177 I'm not a good programmer, but- 228 00:07:58.311 --> 00:08:01.747 Sammy: How long do you think you've been doing like, tech stuff, I guess? 229 00:08:01.948 --> 00:08:04.317 Jordan: Probably since I was like, eight maybe? 230 00:08:04.317 --> 00:08:05.685 Sammy: So how many years is that? 231 00:08:06.719 --> 00:08:08.254 Jordan: Wow, math is hard bro. 232 00:08:08.454 --> 00:08:09.088 Sammy: Hahaha. 233 00:08:09.121 --> 00:08:10.523 Jordan: 30 plus years then? 234 00:08:10.556 --> 00:08:11.591 Sammy: That's a long time. 235 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:15.761 Sammy: What do you think is like, your favorite tech niche area? 236 00:08:16.529 --> 00:08:19.098 Because I think everyone has like a niche area. Jordan: Hmmm. 237 00:08:19.165 --> 00:08:19.832 Jordan: Yeah. 238 00:08:20.266 --> 00:08:21.667 Sammy: But I feel like for you, you're like- 239 00:08:21.701 --> 00:08:26.272 From what I'm understanding it's like you're like, proficient at almost every- 240 00:08:26.272 --> 00:08:28.741 Like you're, you have wide knowledge; 241 00:08:28.941 --> 00:08:31.177 but like I don't know what you're really proficient in, I guess. 242 00:08:31.244 --> 00:08:34.180 Jordan: Yeah, I consider myself kind of a generalist. 243 00:08:34.180 --> 00:08:36.082 Like, I just like tech in general? 244 00:08:36.082 --> 00:08:36.716 Sammy: Yeah. 245 00:08:36.716 --> 00:08:39.852 Jordan: It's more like I want to see something nifty and new. 246 00:08:39.886 --> 00:08:40.286 Sammy: Mmmm. 247 00:08:40.319 --> 00:08:44.757 Jordan: I don't really want to go like in-depth on like, here's every monitor, 248 00:08:44.790 --> 00:08:46.759 and here's the one spec that makes this one better than the other one. 249 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.996 Jordan: I don't care, it does not matter at all. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 250 00:08:50.062 --> 00:08:52.231 Jordan: This is three more nits? Great, good for you. 251 00:08:52.665 --> 00:08:54.934 Right? Fill your boots; it doesn't matter to me. 252 00:08:54.934 --> 00:08:57.970 I want to see like, something interesting and new basically. 253 00:08:57.970 --> 00:08:59.138 Sammy: Yeah; like, I know that. 254 00:08:59.138 --> 00:09:02.508 Jordan: I've got a weird spot for like, old technology too though, so. 255 00:09:03.276 --> 00:09:04.577 Sammy: I was just going to say, the two videos 256 00:09:04.577 --> 00:09:08.447 I was just going to mention is like, you did like the 3D monitor. 257 00:09:08.481 --> 00:09:09.815 Jordan: Yeah, we just shot that. 258 00:09:09.882 --> 00:09:11.217 Sammy: And then followed by the- 259 00:09:11.217 --> 00:09:12.585 The weird controllers. 260 00:09:12.785 --> 00:09:15.821 Jordan: Weird controllers, and I've done the Soviet mouse and the Soviet keyboard. 261 00:09:15.855 --> 00:09:17.823 Sammy: Yeah, you like the weird. 262 00:09:17.823 --> 00:09:18.891 Jordan: I like weird stuff? 263 00:09:18.891 --> 00:09:19.392 Sammy: Yeah. 264 00:09:19.392 --> 00:09:19.792 Jordan: Yeah. 265 00:09:19.926 --> 00:09:22.061 Sammy: Yeah, because I feel like you've seen a lot of things, 266 00:09:22.061 --> 00:09:23.963 so you just want like, something new to like- 267 00:09:23.963 --> 00:09:26.132 Jordan: Yeah, yeah that's fair. 268 00:09:26.599 --> 00:09:28.200 Sammy: Yeah, I remember Plouffe's also- 269 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.903 I talked to Plouffe like, about keyboards; he's like yeah, 270 00:09:30.903 --> 00:09:33.873 I like cool gimmicky things on keyboards, because he's probably seen like- 271 00:09:34.173 --> 00:09:37.677 Jordan: Yeah, you've seen it all and like, yeah. 272 00:09:37.677 --> 00:09:41.347 Sammy: What do you think is your favorite tech, product I guess? 273 00:09:41.647 --> 00:09:45.751 Jordan: Honestly it might be, like Kindle and Kobo and that kind of- 274 00:09:45.751 --> 00:09:46.085 Sammy: Oh really? 275 00:09:46.118 --> 00:09:47.353 Jordan: Just basic e-ink, e-readers. 276 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:51.123 Jordan: For whatever reason, e-ink I really like; I'm a big reader so like- 277 00:09:51.123 --> 00:09:51.557 Sammy: Oh, yeah? 278 00:09:52.124 --> 00:09:57.363 Jordan: And like, being able to just have thousands of books in your hand 279 00:09:58.097 --> 00:10:01.834 Jordan: in a format that's not like, blowing light in your eyes all the time, 280 00:10:01.867 --> 00:10:05.638 Jordan: is a really wonderful thing; and I had gone through a ton of Kindles. 281 00:10:06.072 --> 00:10:06.639 Sammy: Oh, yeah? 282 00:10:06.772 --> 00:10:08.507 Jordan: Ever since they first came out, yeah. 283 00:10:08.841 --> 00:10:10.576 Sammy: What do you uh, what books are you reading right now? 284 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:14.547 Jordan: The Thrawn series; it is no longer canon or whatever for Star Wars. 285 00:10:14.547 --> 00:10:14.614 Sammy: Oh, okay. 286 00:10:14.614 --> 00:10:17.450 Sammy: What's the coolest project you got to work on at LMG? 287 00:10:17.483 --> 00:10:19.452 Jordan: I can't remember even half of them now. 288 00:10:20.186 --> 00:10:20.686 Sammy: Really? 289 00:10:20.987 --> 00:10:23.522 Jordan: You go through it, you're, you know, it's your week and you're done. 290 00:10:23.522 --> 00:10:25.791 Sammy: I remember all the cool projects we've done. 291 00:10:25.791 --> 00:10:26.359 Jordan: Yeah. 292 00:10:26.525 --> 00:10:28.694 Jordan: The wires in the desk thing was really fun to work on, 293 00:10:28.694 --> 00:10:30.396 and just figuring out how that was going to work. 294 00:10:30.930 --> 00:10:35.301 And it was fairly early in my time here, so I actually got to spend a good week 295 00:10:35.301 --> 00:10:37.336 doing nothing but sitting in the shop and working on it. 296 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:38.771 That was nice. 297 00:10:39.939 --> 00:10:41.140 What else have I done here, Sammy? 298 00:10:42.375 --> 00:10:44.677 Jordan: The recording jammer actually was really cool; 299 00:10:45.311 --> 00:10:48.748 Jordan: Seeing how that would actually just completely wreck microphones, basically; 300 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:49.815 Sammy: Hahahaha. 301 00:10:49.815 --> 00:10:51.784 Jordan: make it totally impossible to understand anything. 302 00:10:51.917 --> 00:10:53.152 Jordan: That was really cool. 303 00:10:53.185 --> 00:10:55.388 Jordan: Actually, the Steam Deck modding was pretty good too, 304 00:10:55.388 --> 00:10:55.855 Sammy: Oh yeah. 305 00:10:55.888 --> 00:10:58.491 Jordan: when replacing it with like the high-def screen and everything; 306 00:10:58.491 --> 00:10:58.858 Sammy: Yeah. 307 00:10:58.858 --> 00:11:00.159 Jordan: complete waste of time, don't do it. 308 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:01.093 Sammy: Hahahaha. 309 00:11:01.160 --> 00:11:02.194 Jordan: But it was really cool. 310 00:11:02.228 --> 00:11:04.397 Sammy: What were your jobs prior to LMG? 311 00:11:05.031 --> 00:11:06.966 I know you've work at a lot, so I'll rephrase it. 312 00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:07.867 Jordan: Hahahaha. 313 00:11:07.900 --> 00:11:08.668 Sammy: The key ones. 314 00:11:08.701 --> 00:11:12.438 The job you think that made you the person you are today, I guess? 315 00:11:12.672 --> 00:11:14.907 Jordan: Well actually you know, an early one that sticks out, 316 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:20.546 totally unrelated to tech but was um, not making, 317 00:11:20.546 --> 00:11:23.649 I guess like bundling pizza boxes for Domino's Pizza? 318 00:11:23.649 --> 00:11:24.050 Sammy: Oh? 319 00:11:24.083 --> 00:11:25.818 Jordan: I will never eat Domino's Pizza. 320 00:11:25.851 --> 00:11:26.686 Sammy: What? Really? 321 00:11:27.486 --> 00:11:29.388 Jordan: Because I know what happened in that warehouse. 322 00:11:29.422 --> 00:11:31.257 Sammy and Jordan: *Laughs*. 323 00:11:31.857 --> 00:11:34.727 Sammy: Someone's eating Domino's Pizza right now while watching this, 324 00:11:34.727 --> 00:11:35.861 they're like, oh my God. 325 00:11:36.495 --> 00:11:39.098 Jordan: I won't say any more, but no; I won't eat Domino's. 326 00:11:39.665 --> 00:11:45.571 Um, beyond that like, spent many, many years in a computer shop, 327 00:11:45.571 --> 00:11:50.943 doing you know, everything from retail sales to upper management, and everything; 328 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:52.712 and everything in between, basically. 329 00:11:53.212 --> 00:11:53.779 Sammy: Mmmm. 330 00:11:53.846 --> 00:11:56.182 Jordan: And so that kind of gives me a pretty broad... 331 00:11:56.682 --> 00:11:59.719 Sammy: Yeah, and you worked at an IT place for like, eight - ten years, right? 332 00:11:59.752 --> 00:12:00.886 Jordan: Well, that was part of there, too. 333 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:01.353 Sammy: Oh. 334 00:12:01.387 --> 00:12:02.188 Jordan: Oh jeez, I forgot about that job. 335 00:12:02.188 --> 00:12:03.055 Sammy: Oh, my god. 336 00:12:03.089 --> 00:12:04.056 Jordan: Oh my goodness. 337 00:12:04.423 --> 00:12:04.724 Sammy: Yeah, you... 338 00:12:04.724 --> 00:12:08.761 Jordan: Okay yeah, I worked for a dot com where I was like, 339 00:12:08.761 --> 00:12:11.997 head of IT for a bunch of years. 340 00:12:12.064 --> 00:12:12.698 Sammy: Yeah. 341 00:12:13.232 --> 00:12:14.934 Jordan: I forgot, oh man, I forgot about that. 342 00:12:14.967 --> 00:12:16.368 Sammy: I can't believe you forgot about that, that's crazy. 343 00:12:16.368 --> 00:12:17.570 Jordan: I'm old, man. 344 00:12:19.338 --> 00:12:20.106 Jordan: Yeah, so yeah, 345 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:23.275 I worked for like a realestate dot com company for a bunch of years; 346 00:12:24.310 --> 00:12:26.779 and that was an interesting experience. 347 00:12:26.812 --> 00:12:28.781 Sammy: Was it easier working there than here? 348 00:12:28.781 --> 00:12:32.384 Jordan: No, because the boss was crazy; like, legit crazy. 349 00:12:32.384 --> 00:12:32.918 Sammy: Hahaha. 350 00:12:32.952 --> 00:12:36.122 Jordan: So, it was a very... I learned a lot of diplomacy there, 351 00:12:36.155 --> 00:12:36.622 Sammy: Yeah. 352 00:12:36.922 --> 00:12:40.893 Jordan: in dealing with the boss and his whims, basically. 353 00:12:41.594 --> 00:12:43.195 Jordan: So, maybe that's why I'm easygoing about bosses now. 354 00:12:43.195 --> 00:12:43.929 Sammy: Hahahaha. 355 00:12:43.929 --> 00:12:44.430 Jordan: I don't know. 356 00:12:44.463 --> 00:12:46.265 Sammy: Yeah, Linus wants to do this one day? Yeah, sure. 357 00:12:46.265 --> 00:12:46.699 Jordan: Yeah. 358 00:12:46.732 --> 00:12:47.767 Sammy: That's fine, that's normal. 359 00:12:48.834 --> 00:12:50.269 Jordan: Yeah, that was a place- 360 00:12:50.302 --> 00:12:55.040 I think I started there as like a programmer and ended up running IT for ages; 361 00:12:55.074 --> 00:12:56.575 and then they got bought out and crashed, 362 00:12:56.642 --> 00:12:59.845 and all that fun back in the old dot com bubbles. 363 00:13:00.112 --> 00:13:00.746 Sammy: That's fun. 364 00:13:01.046 --> 00:13:03.783 Jordan: And yeah, computer store like I said; 365 00:13:03.816 --> 00:13:06.685 I ran my own computer repair business for a long time for like, 366 00:13:06.685 --> 00:13:08.154 home repairs and stuff like that. 367 00:13:08.187 --> 00:13:09.622 Sammy: Is the profits like, good? 368 00:13:10.523 --> 00:13:12.324 Jordan: Well, back then it was okay. 369 00:13:12.391 --> 00:13:13.425 Sammy: Oh. 370 00:13:13.626 --> 00:13:15.161 Jordan: It's harder now I would say. 371 00:13:15.161 --> 00:13:15.361 Sammy: Yeah... 372 00:13:15.361 --> 00:13:17.196 Jordan: I think service is probably still okay; 373 00:13:17.229 --> 00:13:20.166 but like trying to run a computer store, you're insane if you're trying to do that. 374 00:13:20.166 --> 00:13:20.900 Sammy: Yeah, because I'm assuming, like- 375 00:13:20.933 --> 00:13:21.967 Jordan: There's no money in it. 376 00:13:22.001 --> 00:13:22.835 Sammy: Yeah, I'm assuming because like, 377 00:13:23.469 --> 00:13:26.372 yeah, the charge's so low because the entrance is now available. 378 00:13:26.405 --> 00:13:26.906 Sammy: It's like- 379 00:13:26.906 --> 00:13:29.375 Jordan: Well, everyone's going to just go to Amazon and buy whatever they want. 380 00:13:29.408 --> 00:13:30.276 Sammy: Yeah; oh, yeah. 381 00:13:30.276 --> 00:13:32.778 Jordan: So it's like the only thing you can charge money for is services; 382 00:13:32.845 --> 00:13:35.815 and like, a lot of the time it's like the computer 383 00:13:35.815 --> 00:13:39.285 or whatever you're repairing is worth less than you're charging to repair it, 384 00:13:39.351 --> 00:13:39.885 Sammy: Mmmm. 385 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:40.853 Jordan: so what's the point? 386 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.720 Sammy: Mmmm. 387 00:13:42.154 --> 00:13:46.458 Jordan: So it's a tough, tough kind of niche to try to survive in. 388 00:13:47.026 --> 00:13:48.594 Sammy: Yeah, that's pretty hard, yeah. 389 00:13:48.594 --> 00:13:50.863 Sorry, how long did you run that store for? 390 00:13:51.030 --> 00:13:52.665 Jordan: I was there for 12 years. 391 00:13:52.698 --> 00:13:53.599 Sammy: 12 years. 392 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.466 Sammy: That's cool. 393 00:13:54.466 --> 00:13:55.167 Jordan: Something like that? 394 00:13:55.501 --> 00:13:56.135 Sammy: I think it's like- 395 00:13:56.168 --> 00:13:57.169 Jordan: That wasn't my company, that was- 396 00:13:57.169 --> 00:13:58.437 Sammy: Oh, okay, nevermind then. 397 00:13:58.804 --> 00:14:01.974 Jordan: No, I ran my own kind of on and off; kind of forever basically, 398 00:14:02.007 --> 00:14:08.314 but, this is a private service, outcall service kind of thing. 399 00:14:08.347 --> 00:14:09.114 Sammy: That's cool. 400 00:14:09.515 --> 00:14:11.951 Yeah, you have a law experience and, in like just tech; 401 00:14:11.984 --> 00:14:14.119 and I don't think a lot of people know that, that's the thing. 402 00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:15.721 Jordan: I've seen a lot of stuff. 403 00:14:17.156 --> 00:14:18.224 Sammy: Seen the good and the bad. 404 00:14:18.791 --> 00:14:20.793 Jordan: I was always like the guy that was like, 405 00:14:20.826 --> 00:14:23.362 what's this weird old thing we're looking at? We can't figure out how to fix it. 406 00:14:23.362 --> 00:14:24.997 Oh, that's that; yeah. 407 00:14:25.130 --> 00:14:27.600 Sammy: Alright, Jordan; this is a tailored question for you. 408 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.370 Sammy: What's the most horror story you have during your IT time. 409 00:14:31.370 --> 00:14:33.272 Jordan: Okay, I've got a couple. 410 00:14:33.305 --> 00:14:34.373 Sammy: Hahahaha. 411 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:36.909 Jordan: Okay, one- Okay, I forgot about this job, too; 412 00:14:36.942 --> 00:14:37.543 Sammy: Oh jeez. 413 00:14:37.543 --> 00:14:40.813 Jordan: but I worked in a call center for a while, at a college; 414 00:14:40.846 --> 00:14:45.985 and supporting for notebook computers. 415 00:14:45.985 --> 00:14:50.055 And a guy called in complaining that his computer was crashing; 416 00:14:50.623 --> 00:14:53.058 but he claimed that it was running his life support system 417 00:14:53.058 --> 00:14:57.363 as an experimental thing from like, the Mayo Clinic or something in the States? 418 00:14:57.363 --> 00:14:57.863 Sammy: Okay. 419 00:14:57.863 --> 00:15:00.666 Jordan: And so he was furious that we couldn't fix his computer, 420 00:15:02.268 --> 00:15:03.903 because he wanted more RAM or something like that. 421 00:15:03.903 --> 00:15:06.372 He wanted us to send him more RAM, or he was going to die 422 00:15:06.405 --> 00:15:09.475 because his life support wouldn't work or something like that. 423 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:10.175 Sammy: Okay. 424 00:15:10.276 --> 00:15:13.779 Jordan: So that was like a, I don't believe you sir, 425 00:15:13.812 --> 00:15:16.382 but I'm going to escalate this to my superior here, 426 00:15:16.382 --> 00:15:18.217 and they can think about it for a while. 427 00:15:18.517 --> 00:15:20.252 Jordan: In computer repair, seeing some of the 428 00:15:20.786 --> 00:15:24.056 horrible crap inside people's computers when you open them up to fix them? 429 00:15:25.424 --> 00:15:29.061 Like, just full on hazmat suit time; it's just nasty stuff. 430 00:15:29.061 --> 00:15:30.729 Sammy: Alright, and then we get back to the first question, 431 00:15:30.729 --> 00:15:32.164 which is your two truths and a lie. 432 00:15:32.197 --> 00:15:32.631 Jordan: Yeah. 433 00:15:32.698 --> 00:15:34.733 Sammy: So do you want to reiterate them and then tell us which one was the lie? 434 00:15:34.733 --> 00:15:35.434 Jordan: I forgot them. 435 00:15:35.467 --> 00:15:36.535 Sammy: Pffthahahahaha! 436 00:15:36.635 --> 00:15:38.470 Jordan: The lie was I don't have two dogs. 437 00:15:38.504 --> 00:15:39.104 Sammy: What? 438 00:15:40.406 --> 00:15:41.240 Sammy: Do you have any pets? Jordan: No. 439 00:15:41.273 --> 00:15:42.508 Jordan: No animals right now, no. 440 00:15:42.574 --> 00:15:43.208 Sammy: No, okay. 441 00:15:43.709 --> 00:15:45.311 Jordan: I finally moved somewhere that I could have... 442 00:15:45.878 --> 00:15:47.379 Sammy: Oh, yeah; are you planning on getting a pet? 443 00:15:47.413 --> 00:15:48.647 Jordan: Probably get some cats, yeah. 444 00:15:48.981 --> 00:15:50.182 Sammy: Cats are good, I love cats. 445 00:15:50.215 --> 00:15:51.283 Jordan: They're more chill than dogs. 446 00:15:51.317 --> 00:15:52.518 Jordan: Thanks for subscribing, guys. 447 00:15:52.551 --> 00:15:55.054 If you liked the video, give us a thumbs up, leave a comment; 448 00:15:55.087 --> 00:15:56.789 and yeah, we'll see you next time."}