My First Day as a Revision3 Intern
How it started
I got into the Revision3 offices right around 9:00 am (right on time) and immediately I felt right at home. While walking up to the door I ran into Glenn who does video production and editing at Revision3. After a few seconds of conversation the glorious doors opened and I was greeted by my friend, and fellow intern Kelly Sutton. After walking in and meeting with Grace, I had the pleasure of filling out some paper work before my time at Revision3 truly started.
Taking the tour
Friend and fellow intern Tyler Howarth gave me the “grand” tour of Revision3’s offices. It was great to see the offices and studio in person. Revision3 truly does a wonderful job optimizing their space in the studio. From what I have seen online in terms of tours on video I thought the studio was monstrous! Let me tell you, the space isn’t nearly as large as I expected!
The culture
Everyone that I have met / worked with / hung out with has been super cool and ridiculously friendly. There is an air at Revision3, one of confidence, creativity, and general happiness. Everyone is very laid back, but at the same time focused on working hard and accomplishing goals.
Lunch
Had lunch with Tyler and Kelly at a place called “The New Spot.” If you are in the San Francisco area and enjoy mexican food, this is a must visit. I had the “super baby” grilled steak burrito and it was fantastic! Here is the information for “The New Spot.”
What I did
With both of my direct advisors away (Damon Berger and Ron Richards) I didn’t have the advantage of having complete direction during my first day. Nonetheless I received plenty to do via the wonderful tool that is email. Can’t get too detailed about what I was working on, but it revolved around the creation of additional content. It was surreal doing research and putting together notes for something that will most likely come to fruition here at Revision3.
Listening to / watching Revision3 programming
I also took the liberty of listening in on a bunch of Revision3 programming. I have to admit (shamelessly) that I haven’t watched every single episode of every single program provided by Revision3. It was nice to “catch up” with most of Revision3’s programming. The reason I am so far behind is that I traditionally do not consume online video content (I don’t even watch my brother Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV!) I love online video content, and truly believe it is the future, but I tend to focus on my own work rather than watching the work of others. Either way it was nice to see how I consumed each and every show, and form opinions on user behavior based on my own experiences.
Exciting news around the office today
Today marked the running of the “Gary Vaynerchuk coming to Revision3″ promos. The news broke that Gary was coming, and the response has been great! (check it out here and here) Big ups to the Revision3 crew for bringing Gary in, also major props to the crew who helped make the promo and Mauricio Balvanera for his work editing the promo. Check out the promo here!
Lasting impressions
Personally, I couldn’t have imagined a better start to my Revision3 stay. Met wonderful people and got to do some great work. Looking forward to seeing Jim, Prager, Damon, Ron, Kevin, and Jay in the coming days.
