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As a medium level developer (5 years of professional experience), estimations are always the bane of me. No matter how detailed I get, they're always off by eno
by Etheryte 9y ago
As a medium level developer (5 years of professional experience), estimations are always the bane of me. No matter how detailed I get, they're always off by enough to concern me.
- dagw 9y agoNo matter how detailed I get That might be the problem. A common scenario I've been through more than once is someone asks me for an estimate for some project idea they have. I ponder it for 30-60 seconds and say 6-8 month. They reply can you break that down. So I start breaking it down and breaking it down and then add up all the little pieces and end up at only 3-4 month. Project manager writes down 3-4 months and tell us to get to work. 6-8 month later we deliver and get yelled at for being late.
- Etheryte 9y agoThat's really good feedback, thanks. Next time around, I'll try to just leg it broadly and see what happens.