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It's interesting the author mentioned estimating but said they are not very good at it yet. I have read somewhere else that what distinguishes a senior engineer
by mzanchi 8y ago
It's interesting the author mentioned estimating but said they are not very good at it yet. I have read somewhere else that what distinguishes a senior engineer from a junior engineer is exactly the skill in estimating work.
- coldcode 8y agoNo one can estimate worth a damn. With experience you realize how terrible all estimates are — unless you are estimating something you have exactly done before, which is more likely with more experience. Everything I have done in my career was mostly unrelated to anything done previously, so estimating would be as effective as using dice.
- collyw 8y agoAs I said in another reply, it really depends. If its a task that I have done before and new code, then I can give a fairly good estimate. If its something new, I have no idea. If it's on a monstrous old codebase, then there are a lot of unknowns to add into that. And most people expect you to do such estimates on the spot.
- Aeolun 8y agoMore like senior engineers have learned from experience and just triple any estimate.