This take lacks nuance, better to ask why software estimation is hard. To name a few reasons: 1. Business pressures to 'accelerate' timelines without understan

This take lacks nuance, better to ask why software estimation is hard. To name a few reasons: 1. Business pressures to 'accelerate' timelines without understanding the tradeoffs 2. Frequent developer turnover / ramp-up time 3. Developer + engineering manager level of competence, mostly due to people going where the money is and it being difficult to assess skill level 4. 4-year degrees teaching very few applicable real-world skills and bootcamps teaching even less