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"it's just walking, after all" I read that in the common dismissive tone that I hear regularly and cringed. I'm not sure it was your intent but when higher-ups
by purephase 13y ago
"it's just walking, after all"
I read that in the common dismissive tone that I hear regularly and cringed. I'm not sure it was your intent but when higher-ups try to ascertain the level of complexity/work with little to no knowledge of the problem, these sentences fly.
Having been one of those managers, I understand that they're largely trying to be optimistic and justify their own demands but as a project drags on, it depresses the hell out of me.
- DougWebb 13y agoYou read it exactly right. I've had project managers tell me, in that same tone, that they disagreed with my six month estimate for a project, and said they could do it in a weekend. I tried offering to swap jobs for a while, but they never went for that. I'm not surprised; more often than not I wasn't just the tech lead and architect on my projects, but I did most of the project management too.