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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by bobmaxup on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:48AM (#38189131)
> I've overheard a team lead claiming they are completely impossible.

How big was the team? What were their responsibilities?

I have worked places where, because of bad management, we dropped everything to shift to other tasks so often that it was nearly impossible to estimate anything.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:08AM (#38189316)
team of 4 including himself.

They seem to have a lot of spare time and work on toy projects often.

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