whoever reads this, please pin it to your wall or whatever it is you pin to. Couldn't have said it any better. I would reiterate on the "brutal honesty" part.

whoever reads this, please pin it to your wall or whatever it is you pin to. Couldn't have said it any better. I would reiterate on the "brutal honesty" part. In some cultures, it is considered rude to say No and a lot of developers make that classic mistake of being hesitant in saying No. Even when they know that a deadline is going to be missed, they find it difficult to communicate. But no matter what you come from, you need to learn how to just say it as soon as possible because ultimately, the client will find out anyway and that will not be good. Also, most clients are willing to negotiate even though they don't tell you that. Just this other day, I had a client bugging me for a very complex feature thinking I will do it for free. They said and I quote "We cannot go live without this feature and you must do it for us". I then went back with a paid estimate and set the delivery to 4-5 weeks, they immediately changed their mind and said "ok fine I guess we can go live without it for now but lets work on it together". Within a few hours, it went from "no can't go live" to "ok will go live for now"