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LTT is trying to build a lab and grow - but to be honest, if I was a qualified engineer, why would I go to work at the LTT Lab? All I would get to do is review

LTT is trying to build a lab and grow - but to be honest, if I was a qualified engineer, why would I go to work at the LTT Lab? All I would get to do is review other products and then have my findings boiled down into 15-minute summaries where nuance isn’t a strength and you might get lucky and be on a clickbait video thumbnail. Boring compared to actually building products. If I’m an engineer from, say, Intel, I’m not moving from Oregon or Arizona to Vancouver for it.

AlotOfReading 4y ago
Well they don't need to hire thousands of such people, they need like a dozen. I'm certain they can find that many competent engineers in greater Vancouver, even if some of their peers have left to the US.
kadoban 4y ago
The output of lab isn't going to be just videos, and they don't appear to be having any issues hiring.
favorited 4y ago
You'd also be going from working with fellow engineers to working with influencers. Look at how often they do a "we lost our archived data" video – their whole schtick is making videos featuring how many hard drives Seagate sends them rather than how to make informed decisions.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  > Look at how often they do a "we lost our archived data" video Twice in a decade? The first time they lost no data, the second time they lost a small amount because they weren't monitoring failed drives. Considering it's data they don't care about enough to back up, that doesn't seem so bad.
sandworm101 4y ago
Unless they break into the lucrative consulting/reverse-engineering game. Rather than videos, they might start writing reports paid for by actual manufacturers, reports that would influence realworld products
theshrike79 4y ago
Why would the only output be a 15 minute video? I'm expecting they'll do Anandtech/iFixit level writeups along with the video.
- bobdvb 4y ago
  Yup, he's already said they're planning to publish extended write-ups. I imagine it'll be something along the lines of ServeTheHome but with wider topics.

AlotOfReading 4y ago

Well they don't need to hire thousands of such people, they need like a dozen. I'm certain they can find that many competent engineers in greater Vancouver, even if some of their peers have left to the US.

kadoban 4y ago

The output of lab isn't going to be just videos, and they don't appear to be having any issues hiring.

favorited 4y ago

You'd also be going from working with fellow engineers to working with influencers. Look at how often they do a "we lost our archived data" video – their whole schtick is making videos featuring how many hard drives Seagate sends them rather than how to make informed decisions.

Dylan16807 4y ago
> Look at how often they do a "we lost our archived data" video Twice in a decade? The first time they lost no data, the second time they lost a small amount because they weren't monitoring failed drives. Considering it's data they don't care about enough to back up, that doesn't seem so bad.

sandworm101 4y ago

Unless they break into the lucrative consulting/reverse-engineering game. Rather than videos, they might start writing reports paid for by actual manufacturers, reports that would influence realworld products

theshrike79 4y ago

Why would the only output be a 15 minute video? I'm expecting they'll do Anandtech/iFixit level writeups along with the video.

bobdvb 4y ago
Yup, he's already said they're planning to publish extended write-ups. I imagine it'll be something along the lines of ServeTheHome but with wider topics.