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Isn't that up to the developers to provide reasonable estimates? I regularly tell the higher ups estimates that are 3x what I actually think because I know I su
by thelean12 6y ago
Isn't that up to the developers to provide reasonable estimates? I regularly tell the higher ups estimates that are 3x what I actually think because I know I suck at estimates.
If the problem is that your manager isn't listening to your estimates, then find a new manager. Plenty of fish in the sea.
- matheusmoreira 6y agoCan software development jobs actually be reliably estimated though? It's not like other jobs where you can statistically analyze the performance of workers and estimate how long they take to perform tasks. There are too many factors at work here, no doubt there's going to be high variance from developer to developer, from project to project, from team to team, from feature to feature. The work isn't an uniform task like brick laying.
- thelean12 6y ago> Can software development jobs actually be reliably estimated though? That's why I often 3x my estimates. It works great for me. It's never a problem that I finish a project early. But when external launch plans are on the line, it can definitely be a problem to finish a project late. Finishing a project on time is one of the things you get evaluated on in performance reviews as a software engineer. It's also up to the software engineer to provide reasonable estimates and to push back on requirements or incorrect estimates coming from higher up.