> I would rather have deadlines than give estimates Well, in reality, estimates are deadlines that they want you to feel like you came up with in the first pla

> I would rather have deadlines than give estimates Well, in reality, estimates are deadlines that they want you to feel like you came up with in the first place. You don't have to play that game very many times before you realize that they ask for an estimate, then try to argue the estimate down to whatever they had actually budgeted in the first place - but make it seem like it was your commitment in the first place.