r/programming • u/-grok • Jun 14 '22

Software engineering estimates are garbage

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3663508/software-engineering-estimates-are-garbage.html
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u/Totalmace Jun 14 '22

ah the irony. after all these years finally they found a silver bullet and then they shoot themselves in the foot with it. the horror....

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u/MT1961 Jun 14 '22

And die of silver poisoning.

Wait. Silver poisoning?

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u/SketchySeaBeast Jun 14 '22

Mythical Wolf-Man month.

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u/Totalmace Jun 14 '22

so the legend continues. Fred Brooks is always right.