An intense week passed by. Though we focussed on many (insert arbitrary factor here) details, we failed miserably and screwed up the first cut of the german interiorcad DVDs. At the very end it just does not matter what we did well and how much we focused on so many details. It also does not matter how hard we worked to get things done. The only thing that counts is whether we get our bits and bytes to our customers.
It is my job to shield my colleagues who do the actual work behind the scenes. If there’s failure, it is my job to step forward and to get bashed for it. Fortunately I’m in the lucky position to have a great leader and a crew of excellent colleagues. If they fail, I just didn’t coach them good enough. I apologize.
So we spent some extra hours in the office today (not to mention the past days and weeks). What about 8/5? Frankly, I do not care. My work is not duty, but passion. As it is for my colleagues. So what?
Due to external circumstances which are out of our control, we are more than late with the release. I’d like to grab the occasion to thank my colleagues for the hard work and our sales department for the patience and understanding. I really expected being bothered much more.
I’m glad we finally got all of the new features out of the door. Due to the delay, we had some extra time to stabilize the new features, so interiorcad 2010 finally became a very nice product. Hope our customers will enjoy it.
Am I pleased? Yes and no. Learn more. Work harder. Do it better. And enjoy the journey!
