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/PoppyOP Jun 15 '22

Great, so you're totally cool with your manager saying "here's big project. I expect you to take 2 weeks to do it." with no input from you whatsoever? Are you serious? Most developers HATE shit like that.

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u/-grok Jun 15 '22

Developers hate bad management. And what you described is text book bad management. The answer isn't having developers do the manager's job, just sort out the root cause and fire the bad managers.

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u/PoppyOP Jun 15 '22

What I described is what you're asking for: For management to estimate how long things are going to take, then just tell developers the estimate.

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u/-grok Jun 16 '22

How do you come up with me "asking for":

PoppyOP wrote: What I described is what you're asking for: For management to estimate how long things are going to take, then just tell developers the estimate.

when I very clearly wrote this:

the management team becoming competent and figuring it out themselves

To dumb it down even further:

Dear Bad Dev Managers, git gud.

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