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When did estimates turn into deadlines?

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317 points alexzeitler | 2 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.524s | source
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nextworddev ◴[19 Nov 24 22:00 UTC] No.42188568[source]▶
Multiply your original estimate by 3, works most of the time
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1. dsego ◴[19 Nov 24 22:37 UTC] No.42188830[source]▶
Then you get the dreaded can you explain why it takes so long, or I asked engineer xyz and they gave a different estimate, where is the complexity etc.
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2. Moru ◴[20 Nov 24 00:04 UTC] No.42189435[source]▶
If you already asked someone, I'm not needed here so I'm going back to work on project Y that already is late enough.