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But you risk your manager (if you have one) telling you you are "sandbagging." And you might see others on your team tell your manager "it's no big deal - an ho
by anthay 12y ago
But you risk your manager (if you have one) telling you you are "sandbagging." And you might see others on your team tell your manager "it's no big deal - an hour or so of work". And they slap some crap in there that whacks the mole down long enough for the manager to make a mental note to give your team mate a bigger raise than you.
- Ntrails 12y agoIf you want shitty work that creates a mountain of technical debt, I can do that (no, really, I'm a natural at it). If you want a thought through process that covers all of the points as best I can, I will do that. Align my incentives. But don't complain because I do the optimal thing
- kator 12y agoIf you can't have a good relationship with your stakeholders then you should find a new stakeholder not sweat what someone else is willing to do to get ahead. In the end if you're reasonable and can show you've hit the nail on the head often enough to be trusted then you won't have conversations about sand bagging.
- frederickf 12y agoI agree. This can be problem. Even if they don't slap some crap together. They may in the end take just as long (or longer) than your estimate, but by that point nobody remembers who estimated what. Just that you were the pessimistic one who wasn't confident and they were the eager go getter who solved the hard problem.