They say that everyone loves sausage until they see it get made, but so far here at Whiskey Media that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve been here X days and so far even though I know how it’s made; I still crave Whiskey Media’s sausage.

Wait, that came out wrong.

I hopped on the 38B Express at 7:55 am in order not to be late for my first day. After getting off the bus I noticed someone else wearing a Whiskey Media member shirt walking in the same direction, and it ended up being Cory, aka Undeadpool, aka the first intern who caused the Whiskeypocolypse. We chatted for a bit while walking to work and little did I know he was very happy to see me, because I was handed all of his duties, including answering the phones, making the coffee, and gathering and uploading trailers for Anime Vice. I never have made coffee before, so after a quick walkthrough from Tested’s own Will Smith I was grinding beans like a pro in no time.

So far aside from posting trailers and helping out around the office, my duties (heheh… duties) have been mostly wiki related. I’ve been going through and captioning various image galleries. I jumped at the chance to handle a few fighting games that I was familiar with and breezed through with some image captioning and general upkeep.

The atmosphere is great here at Whiskey Media. It’s easy to forget you’re in a basement. What
astounded me the most was the work ethic of the people here. You may have the idea in your mind after seeing various mailbag segments and the like that Whiskey Media is some kind of Willy Wonka-like factory where instead of candy and chocolate, there are magical forests of reviews and rivers of video content. These are hard working people, who from the time they get there to the time they leave, are working to keep the websites you love going. That’s not to say it’s some sort of no-fun zone where laughter and smiles are punishable by law, it’s by no means a stereotypical grey, dour office. It strikes a nice balance of serious and fun that can be seen in the site.

Coming up on my to-do agenda are to learn how other sites operate, get in more questions on live shows, and take down Cory. Wait. Ignore that last part.

That's pretty cool.

Hey congrats on the hire, man.

If you watch the Tested MakerBot videos, you can see how everyone is moving and working, moving and working. Well, when Alex was there, he rocked, but there be passion in that workplace. Work harder Ben.

Glad to have you here Ben. Pinning this thread for now.

Grats duder, wish I was in your shoes!

The trick to passing the initiation test is instead of pouring the glass of water on the fire,you have to drink it....
Or am I thinking of the wrong office?

Your voice is great for the reading the questions, so booming. Grats on the hiring old chap!

Congratulations on the hiring!

So I hear you get a Mac in there? :P

Good job so far, keep it up.

@Ahmad_Metallic: Well Ethan put out the call for Interns, I applied and he couldn't say no to my unstoppable charm and charisma.

GET BACK TO WORK, BEN. ; )

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. 

Awesome.  I've always wondered what the Whiskey interns did during the day when they weren't manning the chat during live shows or making sandwich runs.  Maybe I didn't pay enough attention to Bodega's or Lemon's blogs, but this is the first glimpse I've had in the day of the life of an intern.

@Abyssfull said:

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

I call Bugs.

@Ahmad_Metallic: Well Ethan put out the call for Interns, I applied and he couldn't say no to my unstoppable charm and charisma.

@Abyssfull said:

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

I call Bugs.

@GlenTennis said:

@Abyssfull said:

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

I call Bugs.

Bad pick, everybody knows Daffy always wins!

It'd be cool to see some kind of time lapse of the work being done in the office. I know there needs to be a time for hard work without worrying about being on camera, but I'm intrigued as to how the knuckle down attitude transitions to what we see in mailbags etc.

@GlenTennis said:

 What

astounded me the most was the work ethic of the people here. You may have the idea in your mind after seeing various mailbag segments and the like that Whiskey Media is some kind of Willy Wonka-like factory where instead of candy and chocolate, there are magical forests of reviews and rivers of video content. These are hard working people, who from the time they get there to the time they leave, are working to keep the websites you love going. 

If they have such a great work ethic, why is it that the staff put up, besides klepek, an article once every other week if we're lucky?

Are they just praying vinny doesn't quit, because then they'd have to be more productive?

@Abyssfull said:

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

I call Bugs.

Great to have you here!

And you make killer coffee -- strong and dark!

sounds like a pretty kickass opportunity.  keep blogging and ill keep reading.

It'd be cool to see some kind of time lapse of the work being done in the office. I know there needs to be a time for hard work without worrying about being on camera, but I'm intrigued as to how the knuckle down attitude transitions to what we see in mailbags etc.

@Jasta said:

It'd be cool to see some kind of time lapse of the work being done in the office. I know there needs to be a time for hard work without worrying about being on camera, but I'm intrigued as to how the knuckle down attitude transitions to what we see in mailbags etc.

Secunded. It would be even more cool if one of the people didn't move an INCH all day. Just glued to the seat getting a monitor tan. Rorie? :)

@Brackynews said:

@Jasta said:

It'd be cool to see some kind of time lapse of the work being done in the office. I know there needs to be a time for hard work without worrying about being on camera, but I'm intrigued as to how the knuckle down attitude transitions to what we see in mailbags etc.

Secunded. It would be even more cool if one of the people didn't move an INCH all day. Just glued to the seat getting a monitor tan. Rorie? :)

The MakerBot videos on Tested are time lapsed. Pretty entertaining and insightful of the goings on at Whiskey Media.

Here's a link to all the videos.  http://www.tested.com/videos/8/

@Abyssfull said:

I envision the rivalry between you and Corey to be reminiscent of a Looney Tunes episode featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

I call Bugs.

Grats, NOW GIVE US VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111oneone
 
Seriously though, grats.. and give us videos.