Re:“I’ll Finish It This Week” and Other Lies
by hinkley on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:51PM
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Energy.
I’ve seen a couple ugly conversations where someone didn’t understand why an engineer couldn’t do 2 tasks that take half a day/week/sprint in the same time interval, and it comes down to both of those tasks being very high maintenance, or requiring a high degree of concentration. It may only take 20 hours to complete but it sucks up 30 hours worth of energy. You need something brainless for the other 20 hours, not a second task of that ilk.
I’ve seen a couple ugly conversations where someone didn’t understand why an engineer couldn’t do 2 tasks that take half a day/week/sprint in the same time interval, and it comes down to both of those tasks being very high maintenance, or requiring a high degree of concentration. It may only take 20 hours to complete but it sucks up 30 hours worth of energy. You need something brainless for the other 20 hours, not a second task of that ilk.