> Usually this is more the case in orgs who view software engineering purely as a cost center In my experience, this is more of a cultural issue, with it being

> Usually this is more the case in orgs who view software engineering purely as a cost center In my experience, this is more of a cultural issue, with it being pushed by engineering managers and tech leads who insist that everyone can be a 10x engineer if they just throw away their life. When they’re past a deadline, it doesn’t matter why, because they were clearly just being “lazy”. Estimates truly are a lose-lose for software engineers and they have probably caused me more grief than any other aspect of this field.