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"No, it's less effort than that"

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388 points replyifuagree | 3 comments | 21 Oct 23 04:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zeroCalories ◴[21 Oct 23 09:45 UTC] No.37965404[source]▶
Management has to push for lower estimates because developers have an incentive to overestimate to make life easier. The only situation where this isn't a problem is with eager junior devs, and devs that have direct skin in the game, such as at startups or a department about to be cut for being unprofitable.
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throwawaysleep ◴[21 Oct 23 10:49 UTC] No.37965713[source]▶
You punish us for being ambitious and failing and give us nothing for being ambitious and succeeding.

As a developer, I endorse doing as little as possible as a result.

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1. zeroCalories ◴[21 Oct 23 12:14 UTC] No.37966160[source]▶
This is a very childish way of viewing the situation. Of cousd you should look out for yourself, but your reward is not fixed, so you should not look to minimize your work at all costs
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2. throwawaysleep ◴[21 Oct 23 18:13 UTC] No.37969198[source]▶
My reward is fixed as my salary is fixed.
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3. zeroCalories ◴[21 Oct 23 20:45 UTC] No.37970276[source]▶
For most people it isn't. Most jobs offer raises, promotion, and bonuses for high performers. Low performers get PIP, salary adjustments, and layoffs. If you work at a competitive place like Amazon or Microsoft, there isn't even a floor for performance because you'll be stack ranked. But hey maybe you work some of the few high pay / low effort jobs where it's impossible to get fired.