#85: Varun Rana — From Amazon Engineer to Viral Comedian

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The Jason Levin Show

Jason Levin

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#85: Varun Rana — From Amazon Engineer to Viral Comedian

The Jason Levin Show

48 minutes 25 seconds

7 months ago

#85: Varun Rana — From Amazon Engineer to Viral Comedian

Varun Rana is a viral comedian who left his engineering job at Amazon to make sketch comedy online

(00:39) Why is it so easy to make fun of tech?(03:51) The algo gives you infinite shots as long as you’re not dumb(07:01) My ‘fuck it, go big’ moment(09:37) getting unsolicited feedback from random internet kids who’ve never built anything(13:23) Explaining to my dad that YouTube is now modern TV channels(16:37) Going insane at work, quitting with $0 plan, and telling your parents after(19:46) Turning your personality into the product(22:58) Using dirty jokes as brand strategy(26:06) The most boring job in tech rebranded as “GTM”(32:30) Startup ideas: Latina cleaners but for your laptop(35:40) Varun’s LinkedIn playbook: make fun of LinkedIn and get Viral(38:52) Long vs short posts: crank it out or let it marinate(42:00) The best bangers are unplanned(45:16) Meme-a-thons, flyers, Grok AI, and a dirty system prompt

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies.

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Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.