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[[File:Disco Lando 2021.png|thumb|600px|right|Disco Lando from [[Inside Star Citizen]]: Making Your Reputation in 2021]]

'''Jared "Disco Lando" Huckaby''' is the Creative Content Lead at [https://cloudimperiumgames.com/join-us/studio/los-angeles Cloud Imperium, Los Angeles].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVN1LM1N2ZY Inside Star Citizen: Making Your Reputation | Winter 2021]</ref> He was previously Associate Creative Producer,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLEKddCwrRY Inside Star Citizen: Jump On It | Fall 2019]</ref> and Content Manager before that.<ref name=":0">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/14806-Meet-The-Devs|text=Meet the Devs: Jared "Disco Lando" Huckaby|trx=meet-the-devs-disco-lando}}</ref> As of March 2024, he is Traumatized Ornithologist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1CEaBIPsVo Inside Star Citizen: Avatar Repertoire], Star Citizen, YouTube, 14 March 2024.</ref>

== Work at CIG ==

Jared was originally a backer.

He watched early [[Wingman's Hangar]] videos and wanted to help out as a way to contribute, making videos which were pretty raunchy and inappropiate at times and were not meant for public consumption but to make the people there laugh. Wingman started putting videos on air which made Jared change his videos and he started making videos where he would be the voice of reason, making ones such as Why I Pledged or the educational series about arguing on the internet. He came by a few times to visit and came to know [[Ben Lesnick]] and the team at CIG. He came as Santa Claus for the [[Holiday Livestream 2014|2014 Holiday Livestream]]. He started hanging out with the team and talking about the things he could offer, doing whatever he was asked to do.<ref name=":3" />

His videos include [[The Wonderful World of Star Citizen]] and he used to do fan questions. He got contracted to do a couple of animations and intros, he also made the intro for [[Around the Verse]] during a contest to win a spaceship. When the time came to expand the team in February 2015 he joined it as a contract employee and became a full time community manager in April 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://youtu.be/7adcYZDyuuM The Wonderful World of Star Citizen: Episode 02], YouTube, 25 Mar 2015</ref> He spent a year as a contractor before becoming an employee.<ref>[https://youtu.be/_70W7tda_Uc?feature=shared&t=2450 Star Citizen Live: Meet the Devs - Publishing and Corporate Technology], Star Citizen, YouTube, 9 February 2024</ref>

When he came on as Community Manager he was helping out with some of the video production and was to take on some of the forum work. He started taking more and more responsibilities in different areas, getting heavily involved in event planning.<ref name=":1">[https://youtu.be/fJfOyLhHw6o Jared Huckaby aka Disco Lando Interview Part1], YouTube, 15 Apr 2016</ref>

He manages the content that goes out to the community, such as interviews, helping with comm links, forum posts, various events, editing and producing the shows and generally speaking involvement in anything that goes from Cloud Imperium to the community.<ref name=":0" />

Every week he would produce [[10 for the Chairman]], Around the Verse, [[Reverse the Verse]], and every other week he would work on [[Bug Smashers]] and once a month a special edition of Reverse the Verse for subscribers. He would also work on [[Meet the Devs]] and streams such as the one for Wing Commander.<ref name=":1" /> As of July 2023, he has made 1600+ videos with 3000+ interviews within.<ref>"[https://twitter.com/discolando/status/1681677298360016896 It's really humbling to know that after 8+ years, 1600+ videos and 3000+ interviews within... that I can still forget to press record and waste everyone's time for 25 minutes]", @discolando, Twitter, Jul 19, 2023</ref>

In addition he works with data management, collecting the sentiment of the community, taking questions, concerns, comments from the community and directing them to the appropriate people where that information will inform decision making.<ref name=":1" />

He worked on designing booths, [[merchandise]], and slogans.<ref name=":1" />

After [[Ben Lesnick]] came with the idea of an airline, Jared created the airline with the dialogue and logo and what the team renamed to [[Meridian Transit]].<ref name=":4">The Friday Night Show Interview: Jared Huckaby, The Base radio, October 17th, 2015</ref>

He plays [[James Harriman]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98icksKAoSc&list=PLVct2QDhDrB1MbLa8Wa3MF4aPW9Ap-soY Inside Star Citizen: Dev Diary - Performance Artist, Star Citizen], Youtube, 13 March 2025</ref>

== Other Works ==

Jared Huckaby worked as a Construction Contractor, a Barista, an IT Professional, an actual High School Drama Teacher, an Audio Engineer for both Television and Radio, a Retail Supervisor or Manager several times over, a Professional Baseball Mascot, a Telemarketer, a Stage and Film Actor, a WoW Game Master, a Prosthetics Support Specialist, a Home Improvement Professional, a Director of Operations for a Professional Baseball Team, a DJ for a local AM sports talk radio station, a Cashier, a Mr. Trash, a Theme Park Performer, a Truck Loader, a Published Author of textbooks and magazine articles, a Hospitality Worker and more.<ref name=":2">[https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3n59ft/comment/cvkyosh/ Working at CIG... From a CIG employee], therealdiscolando, reddit</ref>