> People here complain about estimates, but imagine if you had to bid on every sprint you did, and you couldn't go above your estimate. TFA elaborates on this:

> People here complain about estimates, but imagine if you had to bid on every sprint you did, and you couldn't go above your estimate. TFA elaborates on this: > Bidding on contracts is a tough way to win work, by the way. Imagine if on January 1st, your employer gave you a list of all the tasks that needed to be complete by the end of the year, and you had to guess how many hours it would take. And, if you guessed a higher number than your coworker, you got fired. And if you guessed lower than the actual number of hours it took, too bad, you only got paid for the hours you guessed. It might incentivize you to look for innovative ways to get your job done more efficiently, but (admittedly) it might also encourage you to cut corners and ignore opportunities to add value where it’s not explicitly required.