F1 and I

To some F1 is quite boring, cars going round and round and round, for some 70 laps. Overtaking is rare, accidents that interests some are rare and most of the time either Ferrari or McLaren wins.

To me its quite interesting, moreover when I think of my job I can very well relate it to that of Formula1 driver. So let me try to point out how Formula1 driver's job is similar to mine.

1) They keep traveling around the world, so do I (I don't stay at a place for more than 1 month).
2) Every circuit has its own properties with different competitive challenges, similarly every client for me is different, their culture, procedures, etc, and everywhere I have a different problem to face.
3) Every year a new car is released that a driver drives. We also release a new product with cool features every year, in fact more than once a year, that we drive.
4) Lot of testing is done by the driver with respect to tyre, aerodynamics, mechanics etc. I also have to do lot of testing in order to collect data for further development of software, equipment, new features etc.
5) A lot of data from everyrace which helps to improve for the next race. For me also lot of data from every client which helps in better success at other sites.
6) Team keep developing cool features like a new aerodynamic wing or a new software to control transmission etc and the driver has to maximize its use. No different for me, we always have new technologies, I have to make sure to find the right use for it.
7) Driver do roadshows to demonstrate and attract fans :) , We also have to do demo's and present technical papers, presentation etc to attract clients .....
8) For any new car the most annoying thing for the driver is the reliability, and more than often I curse our software engineers and tech supports for all our reliability problems :)
9) In a race every team needs to show the best performance in limited amount of time, similarly in a competitive situation every company needs to show the best performance in limited amount of time.
10) Driver needs to wear special gears so do we need to wear special gears, though we don't have any sponsor logo's

I feel like I am Kimi Raikkonen now ;)