WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 Hi, my name is Tim. I work in the Labs about half of the time. 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:10.800 I'm actually not in the Labs though. I'm helping writers out with projects that they need to work on designing and building those. 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.640 But the other half is a lot of process development, reading ISO documentation until my eyes bleed. 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.840 I've been working here since July of 2022. 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:26.640 I think my favorite part of working here is the variety because it kind of feels like I'm 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:32.960 working at Skunkworks. There's a lot of stuff that's on the go and there's also a lot of freedom 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.600 to do the weird stuff that nobody else would be able to. If I want to do a project in this 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.360 direction and I can see a clear path, I don't necessarily have to defend it. 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.160 I can just go ahead and do it and get it done and it's so cool. 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:50.960 The worst part about working at LMG is probably the interdepartmental politicking, 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:55.280 trying to navigate the fact that I am in a new department that needs to integrate with 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.440 departments that have existed the entire time the company has and trying to find our place here 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:03.360 and trying to find my place in that department. That's been kind of tough, scatterbrained. 00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:13.360 But in a very weird way, Linus has a weird on-off switch where he is off-camera, very focused, 00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:19.280 very driven, get things done, get them done quickly. When he's on camera, it's like he perks up and 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:26.000 everything gets ramped to 12 and it just becomes very, very fast-paced. Let's get this done, 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.240 but in a much more fun way. Linus is exceptionally lucky. 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:41.280 He is very successful and a lot of that is to do with the hard work that he's put into it, 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.880 but he also hit it big. He's very lucky. It's still a job. 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:56.320 We do a lot of really cool things and we do a lot of very top shelf tech things. We had to have hands-on 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:02.720 experiences with stuff that potentially nobody else will and that's really cool. But at the end 00:02:02.720 --> 00:02:09.040 of the day, it's still a 9 to 5, 30 sort of, I have to make this happen by the end of the week 00:02:09.040 --> 00:02:13.600 or it's not going to happen and there's a lot of pressure associated with it, especially with 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:21.040 embargo videos. We have a lot of people that come after a video and are like, why couldn't 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:26.000 you test this? Why couldn't you test this? Those are totally valid and I understand them, 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.960 but we couldn't because we had time constraints and it's still a job and I still have to go 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.680 home at the end of the day. It's not staying here until midnight every night because I enjoy it 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:39.600 unless it's something I really, really want to, but that's tough. 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:45.360 Can we relocate to Calgary? Is that an option? The number one thing I would change about the 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:52.160 company is I would change our workday from 7 to 3.30 or 7 to 4. I think that would be a big 00:02:52.160 --> 00:02:56.240 net positive improvement for me, but I also recognize that that's not something that everybody 00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:04.080 else is going to want. I started working at Linus Media Group because Gary phoned me and asked me 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:10.640 when I could start working and I was like, sorry, who's this? And we went from there. 00:03:14.160 --> 00:03:18.640 I had sent in an application from the first, this is going to change the future of the channel 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:25.360 video about Labs back in December of 2021. I think that came out and I hadn't heard anything 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.560 for months and months and then in May of 2022, Gary called me and he's like, hey, 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.520 I've got your application. I'm wondering if you want to come work for us. I'm like, who's this? 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:43.200 And we had basically, it felt like not an interview, but more just a discussion about 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:48.560 when I could start working more than anything. And then we had a second call about how it would 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:54.160 work with some of the personal situation I had to navigate around school and moving to Vancouver. 00:03:54.160 --> 00:04:02.160 And yeah, I started like a month later. It was really neat actually. I think I made Gary anxious. 00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:12.400 He asked me specifically, if you had A plus B and they equaled C, would you say anything? 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:16.320 That was, that was the substance of the question. Not even, not even, there were things there, 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:22.480 but he said A plus B equals C. And I'm like, are they supposed to equal D? And he, 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.200 he just kind of stammered and stuttered and was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that, yeah. And I'm like, 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:31.840 I guess if they're supposed to equal D, then I would probably speak up about them equaling C, 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:36.880 but also maybe they're supposed to be processes that indicate that C is an optimal answer. And so I 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:43.120 would be advised to not say anything. I don't know. He's like, that's what I was looking for. 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:52.000 Okay, cool. And I think he probably gave me the job out of anxiety, because if I was him, I would. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.600 The last place I worked was an engineering procurement construction company or EPC. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:03.920 And it was a massive multinational mega conglomerate. And this doesn't even like begin to compare. So 00:05:04.880 --> 00:05:12.240 working from a place that has tens of thousands of employees to a place that has just over 100, 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:21.200 I think, like this is startup vibes compared to that with, I know the owner of the company 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:28.080 and have like spent time working with the owner of the company. That's nuts. That's not even comparable. 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:34.240 There have been a call put out on teams for a bunch of props, essentially, for the backpack 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:39.520 shoot for LTTstore.com. And I had brought a bunch of D&D equipment and miniatures and Dyson stuff 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:43.280 and left them in the bedroom set so that they could shoot that. And they did that day. And so at 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:48.080 the end of the day, I went back to the bedroom set to go grab my stuff so I could go home. And 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.360 the door was closed and the lights were off. And I opened the set and Linus is standing there 00:05:53.360 --> 00:06:01.440 pulling up swim trunks. He's basically buck-ass naked. And I'm standing there, never met him before, 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:08.640 never seen him in person, slack jaw, just like, uh, he's like, can I help you? As he's pulling up his 00:06:08.640 --> 00:06:15.200 swim trunks. I'm like, hi, I'm Tim. I'm from the Labs. I need to get behind you. And he's like, oh, 00:06:15.200 --> 00:06:21.040 okay. And so we did this weird kind of funky dance in the bedroom set. So I could go get my 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.520 stuff. He's basically standing there. He's never seen me before. He doesn't know me from Adam. 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:32.000 And we're just like, kind of staring at each other. And it's all weird. And we start to have a 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.000 conversation. He's like, oh, you're one of Gary's group. That makes sense. And then he just leaves. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:43.040 He goes to his swimsuit shoot. And I'm just standing there like, what just happened? Am I about to 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:49.600 get fired? Don't write your cover letter using chat GPT. Yeah, I'm currently going through 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.160 applications for hiring for folks right now with a bunch of positions that we have for the lab. 00:06:54.160 --> 00:07:00.160 And I have, I have at least, at least one that I know of for sure, and a bunch of other ones that 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:06.160 I can see have markers. And I haven't sent any of them through any, any chat GPT check programs, 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:10.560 but I'm sure that I would find a few. If you really want to work here, write a letter that 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.160 indicates why you want to work here, right? If it's something that you would be passionate about 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:17.760 and you feel that you would be the best fit for, explain that in your own words. I don't want to, 00:07:17.760 --> 00:07:21.760 I don't want to hear a bot's version of it. I want to, I want to hear it from you. At the end of the 00:07:21.760 --> 00:07:27.360 day, we, we're still just human, right? Like we're creating content and you're consuming that content. 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.480 And we're hoping that you're enjoying it because we're putting, we're putting our best foot forward. 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:37.440 But we, we're also trying our best, right? And so there's, there's going to be a level of, of 00:07:37.440 --> 00:07:43.120 making mistakes and learning from those mistakes. And I think if I could say anything to our viewers, 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:50.160 I would hope that they understand that, you know, I, I read their comments and what they, 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:54.400 what they say, I take to heart. And so if they can put forward constructive criticism, 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:58.320 then I really appreciate that because it allows me to learn things and get better at my job and 00:07:58.320 --> 00:08:02.000 make things in the future that they'll want to watch and things that they'll enjoy. 00:08:02.880 --> 00:08:07.760 I've never actually seen Gary do any work. Maybe that's why he's not getting paid yet, 00:08:07.760 --> 00:08:14.800 but like, he's got like stacks of coloring books that are finished. So like, I don't know.