The things that hit home to me about this post were: 1. That Evangelism is very much seen as sales and marketing. Whilst I had some idea that was the case when I started my job at Pusher, I still didn't realise quite how much so. Does it have to be like that? 2. The job is hard. Seriously hard. You do a lot of cross discipline things. I mentioned this in my post on [a year as a developer evangelist](http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2012/05/20/a-year-as-a-developer-evangelist.html). 3. Time management is also hard. My experience is a little different to Rob's. I have moments of intensity when I'm traveling. But I have other times when I work from home and have to self motivate. Time management is difficult in both of these cases. During my two weeks in San Francisco I had a brief glimpse at what most weeks must be like for Rob. I'm kind of jealous. 4. "You Can Learn To Schmooze" - I seriously hope so, because I suck at it! In terms of giving talks I'm 100% convinced that practice is absolutely key. 5. "doing something well will always feel magical" - I've had this feeling and it tends to be when I've really helped somebody and they say thanks. It's not that I'm on the lookout for thanks, and I'd be really happy to see customers doing really well. But, when somebody goes out of their way to tweet or write and email it does truly feel magical. Here's an example of what I was most scared of and what I'm most proud of. I've never been a big fan of public speaking but I'm pleased that I've done it a number of times now and that, as Rob says, with practice I'll get better. 
