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> Results. Delivery of requested work products on schedule with quality. Because we all know that software estimation is a solved problem. Particularly with n

• Clubber 9y ago
  >Because we all know that software estimation is a solved problem. Particularly with non-technical managers. Oh wonderful. They don't do estimates at your company then? This was explained to me by one of my professors 20 years ago. There are two types of company mentalities: A: The high school mentality. You show up 8 to 5 but it doesn't really matter what gets done. B: The college mentality. You pass or fail based on how well you do on the test. Show up if you want, or don't. The way I see it, if your manager can't tell if you are productive, he or she has no business being a manager and they are the problem.
  • michaelt 9y ago
    Oh wonderful. They don't do estimates at your company then? You can do estimates without thinking they're accurate enough to let you detect high- and low-performing employees. Intern Ian's tasks are simple and well documented - so they always have good estimates. Veteran Victor is great at complex, poorly understood bugs - but he often takes longer than estimated to fix them, as often the cause is hard to find. It would be a foolish manager that would punish Victor for performing worse than Ian.