1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 My name is Jake Danes. I work in the lab. I'm a software developer. I started in May 2022. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:13,760 My favorite part about working at LMG, I can pay my mortgage. No, in all seriousness, 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:19,680 I'm a problem solver. I get to come in to work every day and work on crazy problems, 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:25,200 most of which are Linus's fault. But, you know, it's fun. I get to do what I love. 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:32,080 I've worked for a variety of companies over my career since I started working at 14. 6 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:38,800 And all of them have quirks and issues. And I wouldn't say that anything at LMG is 7 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,160 out of the ordinary bad. There's always going to be different ways of doing things, 8 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:51,280 none of which are any more wrong than others. I am working with Linus more as of recent. 9 00:00:52,160 --> 00:01:01,680 And it is like sitting on a knife's edge between very matter of fact, this is how we'll do it, 10 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:15,440 and absolute chaos. And I've had a lot of different bosses in my life. Linus is interesting in that 11 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,000 he will come in and say, this is how we're going to do something. And even when we tell him it 12 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:28,320 can't be done, he says, no, we're still going to do it. And more times than not, we end up doing it, 13 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:36,320 and he was right. And it's annoying. Yeah, I mean, LMG has changed quite a bit since I started. I 14 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,160 stopped being the new guy after a week. I mean, we've hired so many people, I can't hold the 15 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:46,400 door open for anyone because I have no idea if they actually work here. We've bought, sold, 16 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:54,480 and bought another building since I started and moved in. The building that I started my time at 17 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:02,240 LMG in is basically empty. I just took a walk through it on my way up here. And there's one 18 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,760 person sitting in the room that I started my time here. So yeah, things have changed a lot 19 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:15,040 very, very quickly. I think most people think that we are all white dudes in our 20s, like 90% 20 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:24,240 of the company. And actually, we're closer to like 50-50. And out of the, you know, all of us 21 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:30,880 white dudes, I don't think half of us are in our 20s anymore. You got to remember the channel's 22 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,960 been around for a decade. I think we have a lot more diversity in staff than I think a lot of 23 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:40,160 people realize. If I could change anything about LMG, that's a good one. And my answer is the no 24 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:46,720 alcohol policy because I recently moved back from the UK and I miss being able to have beers at 25 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:53,040 lunch with my co-worker. I think in Canada, we're a little prudish when it comes to that. 26 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,840 So yeah, that I also, I want to say Linus Drunk, I think it'd be hilarious. 27 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,120 Things are just as chaotic off camera as they appear to be on camera. 28 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:13,120 People don't, like our hosts, our staff, they don't really put on a persona when they're behind 29 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,920 the camera. That is them. And that's something I think a lot of people don't realize, especially 30 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:26,000 when people comment. It almost, the lens of the internet provides that level of dehumanization. 31 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:32,160 They're people, they're doing their job, they're doing what they love. And yeah, you know, 32 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,120 Linus might ham up a little bit or try and up the energy to make the video more fun and 33 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:44,640 entertaining and keep people engaged. But that is him. The hosts are themselves. Why did I apply? 34 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:52,640 I didn't apply. No, I had some emails back and forth with Linus around some of the mobile testing 35 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:59,840 that they plan to do in Labs and coming from my background. I had some opinions, as I'm sure a 36 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:06,960 lot of people will have as we get rolling. And I sent an email out just suggesting some things and 37 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:13,920 saying, you know, I'm happy to help. And yeah, I ended up getting into an interview process after 38 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:24,240 that, like a month later. So I took the job because I've spent the last 10 years in my previous role 39 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:31,120 working with marketing teams and engineering teams at manufacturers and OEMs, helping them 40 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:40,160 provide data to sell their product to consumers. I'm glad to be on the other side of things now 41 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:45,600 where I can help consumers be more informed about the products that they're buying. I was a software 42 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:52,880 engineer in the UK working at a tech startup focusing on mobile performance tooling. And 43 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,440 in the last kind of five years, we also expanded a PC and network performance. 44 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:05,120 The lab's not so much. A lot of it's been developing tools, methodologies, 45 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:13,440 working with outside individuals, aka the writing team, in order to provide them the data that 46 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,560 they're looking for or that they need. I'm a little disappointed, actually, because I thought 47 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:25,680 that there'd be a little more weirdness. And now Channel Superfund is on hiatus and I'm probably 48 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:32,320 not going to get the opportunity for Dennis to prank me anytime soon. So I haven't really had anything 49 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,360 weird happen.