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> Why are SWE and programmers so afraid of bussineses persons, product owners, scrum masters and higher management? I've seen this many times and I used to be

by Tade0 4y ago

> Why are SWE and programmers so afraid of bussineses persons, product owners, scrum masters and higher management? I've seen this many times and I used to be such a person. It stems from expecting to be at peak mental shape all day (because that's what you've shown in your job interview) - ultimately overestimating one's capabilities. I had to wait to my thirties to understand that nope, I can't sustain this and I should acknowledge that I'm not really putting in 8h of focused work daily. I see this as a rite of passage for a senior developer - you can't be dependable if you're not true to yourself.

DeathArrow 4y ago
That makes sense indeed. It's more of juniors or middle programmers who usually underestimate. And the poor folks end up working nights and weekends to try to meet that estimation. But it's not that they will have more respect, recognition or salary raise if they work more than they would sign for. If I were a tech or people manager I wouldn't expect my team to overwork, just do a decent job in a decent amount of time, i.e. no slacking. And our current people manager which used to be a programmer does that. When he feels a task is underestimated he asks to raise the estimation. And the PO and the scrum master comply even if they don't like it.