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Somehow this reminds me of estimation in software development and developers who give estimates they are not comfortable with if a manager pressures them hard e
by sgift 11y ago
Somehow this reminds me of estimation in software development and developers who give estimates they are not comfortable with if a manager pressures them hard enough: "So long? Come on, don't be so pessimistic, we need it on xyz, you can do that, can't you?"
- jacquesm 11y agoYes, there are definitely some parallels. My personal approach to this is to point blank refuse to cave in to any kind of pressure whatsoever. Stuff happens on my time-table and with what I feel is achievable or not at all, no matter whether it is as a hired hand or as the CEO of a company under pressure from shareholders. Of course that's relatively easy for me to say, I'm a pretty hard person to push forward in a way that doesn't sit right with me but I think that in a management role you can't afford to be timid about this. It goes with the territory that you exhibit some degree of independence, otherwise you are just an extension of the board or the shareholders to take the blame if things go wrong.
- ktRolster 11y agoI actually just wrote a post on that topic: http://www.zerobugsandprogramfaster.net/essays/estimates.html http://www.zerobugsandprogramfaster.net/essays/estimates.htm...