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I'm on a project right now and I am telling people "I don't know how long it will take because nobody here has ever done anything like this. The only thing I ca
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I'm on a project right now and I am telling people "I don't know how long it will take because nobody here has ever done anything like this. The only thing I can tell you is that nobody is wasting time and we are solving problems as quickly as we can. Look at the JIRA board and see what we have done and what we are planning to do and make your own estimate". So far I haven't been fired. I also refuse to stop work and start long planning meetings like I have seen in previous projects.
- arethuza 8y agoI once worked for CEO as a Director of Engineering who was convinced that any product feature could be implemented in 2 days - and this was a non-trivial engineering area. That was an entertaining job.
- mgkimsal 8y agocurious about this person's reaction to things not being implemented in 2 days. did he/she think that people were just dragging their feet? or not as smart? or sabotaging things to make him/her look bad?
- arethuza 8y agoHe just edited it out from his version of reality! In fact, in all the time I was there (roughly a year including a major new product launch) I don't think anything was ever done in 2 days. Another interesting characteristic he had was to get upset if he thought projects were running too smoothly...
- maxxxxx 8y agoWe have a manager who seems to think that the only way to get good performance is to set impossible deadlines. There are no consequences for missing but it’s pretty unpleasant and stressful to have to deal with this.
- VBprogrammer 8y agoHa. That sounds like my last job except s/2 days/3 hours/.