The Pitch

It was hot and humid in the office today and people were running from room to room to get the product ready for the press tour. Somewhere between my walk to the conference room and the sweat running down my spine I realized that thousands of people would see me present the product worldwide. I shiver, I don't know if it was the thought of being watched by so many or the drop of sweat that caused the icy sensation. I was going to rehearse the presentation with my boss and dear colleague Swen. We decided to give the people what they want but seeing the fact we have a limited timespan until the press tour we agree about the fact that we should accurately plan the presentation step by step. This happened to be a very good choice for it enabled us to see what part of the product needed most attention. Whatever wasn't going to be presented could be optimized later. After the meeting I had a list of changes and improvements that I communicated to the various departments involved. As if everyone didn't have enough to do, they suddenly got more things to take care of in an even shorter time frame.
It's interesting though the meeting never came to an end, it was the product that refused to cooperate. Every time we would run it for over twenty minutes it would stop functioning. Would I be able to defend this product if it would cease to function properly while I was presenting it to the international press? The thoughts went through my mind, I didn't feel too comfortable about all the things that could go wrong during the presentation. Maybe this was also part of being a lead, being able to take everyones shit but still defend the blood, sweat and tears that everyone put in this product. Maybe I would get to know a side of myself I hadn't delved deeply enough across the years. As I'm writing this the deadline rears its ugly face in my head, on my hand it says "Joachim HighHall". Just one of the many things I need to get done before the deadline ends...