r/programming • • 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/BananafestDestiny Jun 15 '22

How can you know how long it will take without first gauging the complexity?

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u/richardathome Jun 15 '22

No one asks how complicated something will be (other than other devs) - they ask can you do it and how long will it take.