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Time to start padding out your point estimates for things. It's not even a lie: if you're working more than the 8 hours you're supposed to in a day, you're unde
by core-questions 6y ago
Time to start padding out your point estimates for things. It's not even a lie: if you're working more than the 8 hours you're supposed to in a day, you're underestimating the complexity of things, which is actually the real lie.
Some of this comes from team dynamics: you all have to together commit to not working every night to avoid burnout and competing with one another.
- wonderwonder 6y agoWish I could. More senior engineers argue for lower point totals. Environment is just designed to squeeze the maximum amount of time out of engineers.
- hansvm 6y agoEven as a well-paid, salaried software engineer, there's a moderate chance that they're still obligated to give you overtime pay (at least in CA -- heavily depends on your jurisdiction), especially if your job is implementing a series of small stories that are completely designed by somebody else and especially if there isn't enough leeway to take a little time to learn about the thing you're coding. You might consider talking to a lawyer or some kind of workers advocate. A year of back-paid overtime can go a long way toward weathering a recession ;)