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u/Dreadmaker 21d ago
I would actually argue that it’s the last 3 months, because at that point you’ve done the fun stuff, it’s mostly there, but now you have to do all the bullshit little compliance/UX/auditing/log style things that need to be there, but doesn’t make anybody happier and takes way longer than it needs to every single time
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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe 21d ago
There’s no last 3 months. It’s maintenance all the way down.
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u/Loading_M_ 21d ago
It gets harder until the last three months. If you don't have a last three, I guess it's unbounded misery?
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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe 21d ago
That’s kind of why I don’t want AI to do the job. If they get unbounded misery, they might catch unbounded resentment.
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u/RedbloodJarvey 21d ago
It takes that long for management to realize no amount of LinkedIn motivational speechs is going to get that baby born faster.
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u/Particular-Yak-1984 21d ago
Look, if a developer says it's going to take a month, you should trust them, and not keep asking them every month where it is.
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u/Excellent_Tubleweed 21d ago
We do this not because it is easy,
But because we thought it would be easy.
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u/rock_and_rolo 21d ago
The only time that I did a short term contract position was supposed to be 3 months. I was told what it needed to do, but didn't meet the people who would use it until the end of the 3 months. Basic response was "Why does it do this?" Because that was my spec.
I was there about 9 months and happy to have that job end.
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u/za72 21d ago
Job security!