> Third, the deadline effect is real. Most of the work in college happens at midnight before the project is due. This depends a lot on what your team is like a

> Third, the deadline effect is real. Most of the work in college happens at midnight before the project is due. This depends a lot on what your team is like and what your long term vs short term look like. If you've got an established product and revenue stream and can look 5 years ahead then pushing deadlines will make developers cut corners and make feature delivery a lot slower and buggier a couple of years down the line. And if you have a motivated hardworking team (which, to be fair, isn't that common) you won't get much of an increase in pace as the deadline approaches, you'll just get more corner cutting and short termism.