An irrational fear of suddenly using all of it up. Before they got their phones, we drilled it into them to be conservative in their data usage. It's not that they complain that they have too little data, or how annoying it is that they have to leave it switched off to conserve it, they somehow are convinced that it is pointless to leave it on. We have mentioned numerous times that we'd be fine with upgrading their data plan, but they don't want to. It's like us in the nineties dialing into our ISP to download e-mail. Weird. Cheap. But weird.
drlecompte
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I send SM's to my kids when they're on the go, as they religiously disable gsm data and only use wifi, which means they regularly don't get my WhatsApp messages.
Before they got their own smartphone I was scared that their data plans would cost me an arm and a leg, but it turns out they're extremely stingy with their data 🤷♂️
There are degrees of monitoring. This is basically my approach:
- no smartphone before 12yrs old
- no computer, tablet, smartphone or similar in their bedroom before 16yrs old, specifically at night.
- family link (android) installed, with tighter controls the younger they are. This is discussed and also explained as a measure to protect them
- if they are under 16, we create social media accounts together and discuss what is appropriate, what can/should be public/private etc.
That is basically it. A lot of it is being around, available and approachable. It's not perfect, but it has several layers of protection, and is built around creating trust and teaching valuable media skills.
If I had to pick one, I'd say the 'no internet devices in bedrooms' would be the most valuable one. Because of that, I know what games my kids play, they can deconnect at night, and it's fairly easy to enforce.
I don't think he cares about the money all that much, he just wants to be the nr.1 tech YouTube guy. If he was in it for the money, he'd be doing something else. He wants to be validated above all, and he has little regard for other people's needs. That's a dangerous cocktail.
Something Linus doesn't/didn't seem to understand is that if this sort of thing happens, it's his job as CEO to be aware of it and to be doing something about it.
I would advise against making that judgement on how a person looks.
"We're like a close-knit family here. Except I pay you and I have a contract that says I can tell you what to do for eight hours a day."
tbf, you don't know that. Linus is probably also the guy you can call at 3AM in an emergency, and he'll be there for you. Which might explain the loyalty he gets from early hires.
The personality traits that made Linus a very successful YouTuber are probably the exact same personality traits that make him unable to deal with this kind of backlash in a healthy way, or to run a 100-person team for that matter.
Yeah, but from those videos it's unclear whether that's an act or real. Iirc there have been Reddit AMAs about 'what it's like to work for LTT' and the tone there was always 'It's intense' and 'His YouTube persona is not an act' but never anything really damning. The ex-employees there seemed to respect him, but did see it as a place with a harsh work culture and little space for a personal/family life.
I think the fast growth accelerated some bad tendencies in the culture, and now it's all a complete mess that got away from them. The CEO change in hindsight seems quite ominous, now.
He has a grating loud attitude that works well on YouTube and has served him well, and I never found his videos to be obnoxious. But his talents obviously do not include running a 100-person team, that much is certain. I hope he turns it around and makes amends, but given his recent comments and his general attitude, I doubt it.
Because I like small diagrams and schematics. Doing that in an app, especially on a phone, is tricky. And I find that structuring my thoughts on paper just works better than doing it digitally straight away.