Feeling at Home

Well, it has been a good month, five weeks, 25 days, however you want me to put it.  A whole lot has happened here at Comcast Sports Net.  I have learned some valuable lessons already and can't wait to see what is in store for me over the coming months.

Anyway, the meaning of this post is to go over how comfortable I am here.  I feel like I know exactly what I am doing at the time, and I can't wait to do more things as my time here moves along.  I not only feel comfortable, but I think that the rest of the web team feels confident in me as well.  The writing team seems to have no issues asking me about my opinion, help, and also for knowledge that I might have on a certain topic.  The other day, Art was doing some research about next years Red Sox team.  He came to me to do some research about the salaries that the team has on the books for next season.  It was actually interesting to me.  I found out some new things about the financial system of MLB, something I never really understood or cared about in the past.

Keeping on the same theme, Bill showed has shown on a couple occasions that he trusts me to do good work.  The tasks he has given to me have been mostly from a business standpoint.  The first one was to help organize receipts from a writers road trip.  I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, so I figured I would mention it again.

The second task Bill gave me was a much more important one.  As many people may know (if you don't, go to my shameless promotional link) the Bruins have headed to Prague to open up their season.  This is a monumental trip for CSN as we push to get more coverage for all sports in an attempt to become the go-to web site for all things New England sports.  Bill wants to see what kind of ratings our site is getting throughout the trip.  That is where I come in to the equation.  I have been placed in the middle of this trip, don't worry I'm not going to Prague.  I am responsible for keeping an eye on the web traffic throughout the trip, basically seeing if it was worth it.  I have learned so much about the business aspect of CSN/the internet, and is very fascinating.

As more tasks get placed on my shoulders I feel trusted and so at home here.  I guess I am doing something right.

UPDATE:  Just stumbled across a bunch of messed up videos.  I helped save the Celtics Dancer special.