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When did estimates turn into deadlines?

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318 points alexzeitler | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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jappgar ◴[19 Nov 24 23:41 UTC] No.42189272[source]▶
A lot of ink has been spilled on this topic.

The solution is simple: get better at estimating.

Software engineers act as if they're the only ones in the world who are asked to estimate and then held accountable.

It's a skill issue.

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1. jeltz ◴[19 Nov 24 23:57 UTC] No.42189384[source]▶
No, it is a funding issue. Nobody wants to pay software engineers for actually doing prestudies to learn enough to do a proper estimate. They want a good estimate but do not want to pay for it.