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Developers don't want to give you ETAs, especially not for bug fixes where 90% of the time they have no idea how long it's going to take. I've never seen develo
by repolfx 7y ago
Developers don't want to give you ETAs, especially not for bug fixes where 90% of the time they have no idea how long it's going to take. I've never seen developers volunteer such estimates - they always have to be demanded (and are often wrong, hence the reluctance).
- ryandrake 7y agoI agree.. it’s not something that comes naturally. Encouraging this kind of culture/discipline is hard, but worthwhile. I think it’s better than the alternative of getting hounded by PMs all day. Like it or not, estimation, deadlines and status updates are part of any commercial engineering endeavor. I’ve never worked at a place where “It’ll be done when it's done” is the way.