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Re:Pushing devs for lower estimates is like asking a meteoro... by pixl97 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @05:51PM (#37970792)
Yep, this sounds like the kind of project you make a guess, write up, and it works in that amount of time on your machine.

Then you push it out into the field and you get flooded with calls on it not working. Turns out it only works in your version of Excel on Windows without some particular set of patches installed. Manhattan Project was easy, they didn't have to worry about any backwards/multi-platform compatibility.

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Re:Pushing devs for lower estimates is like asking a meteoro... by paulcole on Saturday October 21, 2023 @06:16PM (#37970982)
Exactly, I’m glad you’re on my side with this. It’s great to have your support.
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Re:Pushing devs for lower estimates is like asking a meteoro... by replyifuagree on Saturday October 21, 2023 @09:14PM (#37972000)
lol, I'm just thinking of how awful the Manhattan project would have turned out if it had half the invisible things that can go wrong in software deployments.

If software caused mushroom clouds each time it had a problem in the field, nobody would let MBAs run software projects!

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