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I had a "manager" (he was hired as a senior dev and became a dev manager because we really needed one) who would handle this by saying things like "look into X

I had a "manager" (he was hired as a senior dev and became a dev manager because we really needed one) who would handle this by saying things like "look into X for me but don't spend more than Y time on it", with the Y usually being an hour.

simmerup 3y ago
When people tell me that I normally times their expectation by three. Saves on the risk of them being disappointed by an hours output. I’ve had this in interviews where people say, ‘don’t spend more than 5 hours in this prep task’ and then wonder why it isn’t a golden monument of best practices and tech