Members of Technical Staff
Welcome to Members of Technical Staff: week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of San Francisco tech culture. Featuring founders, funders, and fanatics, join Jayden (@creatine_cycle) and friends as they chronicle the culture, scandal, and humourlessness of the most important city of the 21st century.
Episodes
71 episodes
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Two Tech Giants Clash Online
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨No one asked and yet I delivered. it's Factory vs Cognition beef live here on x dot com the everything app. What does this all mean? Who won?I'm not here to deliver the news. I'm here to tell you how to feel....
Office Gyms: The Cognition Garage Gym
Introducing MOTS Office Gyms, a series in which I tour the gyms of the greatest companies on this planet.For the inaugural episode I got to tour and rate the @cognition garage gym with
The New Era of Corporate Comms
It's Been A Slow News Week So That's Where MOTS Comes In To Cover What No One Else Is Willing To Cover:Corgi Crash OutsTop 100 Poster ControversyAlex Wang Muse Mascot GooningI Also Responded To All Of ...
The Panic and Fear around AI, with Taylor Lorenz
Today is the one year anniversary of MOTS and to celebrate I was lucky enough to hang out with @TaylorLorenz at the park and read ads at her.We covered:The creative processAI ...
How to Counter AI Doom
There is no greater honor in this life than being a "friend of the show" so that's why @baelentina_ and I of MOTS caught up with @theojaffee and
How to Make it in San Francisco, with Brianne Kimmel
Everyone has moved back to SF so I took @briannekimmel to my favourite spot at my favourite park to drink coffee and protein shakes while discussing this. We covered:How to make it in SF
🚨Emergency Pod 🚨 Hot Girls in Tech
What the timeline needs right now is a male in tech's perspective on the hot girl in tech.It's time to end my career by covering:- Intro posting- The rise of the growth girl- Why it could backfireWatch on
Data Centers are Good Actually, with Stephen Balaban
So it turns out that @stephenbalaban (Co-Founder and CTO of @LambdaAPI) and I have been mutuals on X (best friends) for years so it was amazing to finally properly...
The State of Software Engineering, with Melkey and Andrew Qu
I visited the @vercel openweights event to do the only things I'm okay at:- Lift- Podcast- Talk to dudesI was joined by @MelkeyDev and
The State of Startup Marketing in 2026, with Jason Levin
In this MOTS extra I took @iamjasonlevin to the park where I apologised to MOTS listeners (in general) and we discussed the state of marketing. We covered:- Paid launch video boosting- Calling y...
How to be a Tech Culture Contributor, with Maritza Lerman Yoes
I caught up with @yoesbeforebros to talk about SF culture and whatever the hell vogue world is (i'm just a boy).We covered:- SF culture in 2026- Events (@Joi...
Is AI-Generated Writing Actually Good? with Signulll
I turned @signulll into a giant gray blob and took him to Dolores Park so we could have some takes. We covered:- Why AI writing is good actually- Why AI design is good actually- Dating d...
People in SF are Nervous, with Valentina Escudero and Luke Igle
I caught up with @baelentina_ and @lukeigel to get a vibe check on SF so far in 2026 and explain why Corgi-posting proliferated across the timeline (i'm sorry).
Did Peptides Fall Off? with Max Marchione
In today's extra I caught up with @maxmarchione to get a vibe check on peptides (they kind of fell off), get the FDA peptide panel update and talk about each other's stacks and skincare and such.W...
The SF Political Compass, with Sam D'amico and Noah Smith
There has been a lot of discussion of the SF housing crisis on the timeline recently so I brought on @sdamico and @Noahpinion to break down how we got here while we cook...
The Science of SF Dating, with Celeste Amadon
I caught up with @Celesteamadon to chat about a few things SF dating:- Single until series B- The state of dating apps- Men in SFI was also put on the spot with how I used to date (t...
The Permanent Underclass and the Future of Human Enhancement, with Dr Mike Israetel
I took Dr Mike to the park to see the dogs and talk about classic San Francisco topics such as:- the permanent underclass- artificial intelligence- human enhancement and peptidesEverybody has been waiting to hear wha...
Peptide Tasting and Startup Events in 2026
To change things up a bit I found the two most jacked dudes that I know in @mattyp and @zacharyvalles, sat them down on a bench in front of a squat rack and talked abo...
The State of Design, with Hannah Ahn and Resham Khanna
I have heard that saas is dead and now more recently that design is dead? I brought in two of the greatest designers that I know in @hannah_ahn and @Reshusaur to addre...
The State of Startup Distribution
You didn't ask and I delivered once again. Here is a full overview of the state of startup distribution and what weird and whacky methods some companies are using to get your attention. This time partially clothed!!Think billboards, pla...
The State of the SF Food Scene, with Noah Smith
I got Chinese food with @Noahpinion and @koreanpeptides while we went through the best food in SF for each cuisine.I also put the camera on the lazy Susan...
The State of Tech Media
No one asked and I delivered. Here are my thoughts on the current state of tech media while I take a bubble bath and risk destroying my fully specced out macbook forever.I also read some fan mail.Watch on
Retatrutide, Elli Lilly and the Enhanced Games, with Max Marchione
Well seeing as I missed @Bonecondor's peptide soiree in NYC I figured I would at least follow it up with a niche podcast version with @maxmarchione.We covere...