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Re:Ask HN: Do you have faith in any time estimating system? by sheepmullet on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @11:10PM (#18136850)
> Would you accept a random number from your car mechanic when you bring your vehicle in the shop for repairs?

So are you saying we should amortize the complex cases by overestimating how long the basic tasks take?

That can work for a mechanic because it’s 100+ standard cases to every complex case.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have faith in any time estimating system? by jperras on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:11AM (#18184478)
Are you advocating to simply spout out a random number when asked for an estimate on how long it would take to implement a feature in an application?
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