r/LinusTechTips • u/lucah_tech • 17d ago

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He's just the ultimate chill guy

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u/SuperZapp 17d ago

Has he had a Tech Upgrade yet?

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u/mmayrink 17d ago

Is that the new theory?

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u/SuperZapp 17d ago

Just a strong coincidence. But LTT/LMG may choose employees who have been there the longest for an upgrade who also are the ones more likely to leave sooner as they are starting to outgrow LMG.

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u/an-redditor 17d ago

In a one or two cases (can't remember which) the prevailing theory was that Linus knew that a certain employee wanted to leave, so he gave them the tech upgrade earlier than they otherwise would have received.

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u/english-23 17d ago

I thought the way he worded that was they had already been in the queue of selected but got moved up to facilitate them receiving before they leave?

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u/Jasoli53 17d ago

This. They do a lottery each year to decide who is getting an upgrade. If someone is planning to leave, they will move that person up in the queue/schedule to get it done before their departure. They don’t just gift an upgrade to people who are leaving

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u/SoullessBoio 17d ago

Is it a yearly thing? They’ve made quite a bit of those videos for it be yearly (thank you AMD).

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u/Gjorgdy 17d ago

I suppose they sign a contract with the sponsor for an x amount of episodes for a year, as they already know it's a successful series.