$stdout - Demo Day
Lyrics below. Demo day...dev gladiators engage in glorious combat against spotty wifi and unlucky local bugs. May the demo gods be ever in your favor.
(Chorus 2x)
Close my eyes, and pray to the demo gods
Yeah I’m doing it live
And this s*** better work
Caused I already shipped yeah it’s sitting on prod
Boss hit me up like “can you demo what we built?”
Stupid me, I said “yeah sure I will”
As soon as I agree I start tweaking
Pee my pants when it comes to public speaking
Rehearsing, clicking round the app, and I’m sweating
Nervous, armpit stains are upsetting
Can’t speak, I keep messing up and forgetting
I hope nobody asks me any questions
Tell myself it’ll all be ok
Nobody pays attention any ways
Plus I know all the code, it should go smooth
Manually tested every day it ain’t nothing new
I got my script all ready I can just read
I got my brain amped on that caffeine
I got my work pulled up ready to share screen
Demo day, yeah nobody’s gonna stop me
(Chorus 2x)
Close my eyes, and pray to the demo gods
Yeah I’m doing it live
And this s*** better work
Caused I already shipped yeah it’s sitting on prod
Other presentation wrapping up but I can’t focus
I’m too busy pooping my pants cause I go next
Double checking everything, pulling up the app
Re-reading notes and re-organizing tabs
Open up my mouth and start to hear myself speak
Script sounded good before, but now it’s sounding hella weak
I try to improvise something different
Lose my train of thought and just said “um” for a minute
It’s ok, it’s really all about the work though
It’s time to showcase the new workflow
But my internet is slow
I call it out but I can tell they’re thinking that I wrote some s***ty code
Nothing happens when I click the thingie
Must be a local data issue but no one believes me
I think I’m about to cry
Then organizer says I’m sorry but we’re out of time
(Chorus 2x)
Close my eyes, and pray to the demo gods
Yeah I’m doing it live
And this s*** better work
Caused I already shipped yeah it’s sitting on prod