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