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My problem with that is that it seems to be expected that even a developer without any experience should somehow be able to do this kind of estimation?
by BlueTemplar 7y ago
My problem with that is that it seems to be expected that even a developer without any experience should somehow be able to do this kind of estimation?
- atoav 7y agoI work as a freelancer mostly in film postproduction and there are a lot of times when I have take a wild guess on how long it is going to take. It helps to mentally outline all tasks involved and just take a pessimistic guess on how long each of those will take you. Then just sum them and round up to a full day. If the topic at hand is really something completely foreign to you, be honest about it and tell them the time in which you will get it done for sure. If they don't agree to it, you wouldn't have made them happy anyways. However: if you are not just a hobby developer, knowing at least roughly how long things take is key — you have to live from it after all: if you earn 1k for a job that takes you two months you cannot pay your rent. And even if you just do it as a side job, being able to give estimates still helps you to use your time wisely. I don't think an dev without experience is expected to be able to do that. But a professional who has to live of their profession certainly should, if they want to survive.