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Re:A Bunch of Programming Advice I'd Give to Myself 15 Years... by __turbobrew__ on Saturday June 29, 2024 @12:50PM (#40831849)
Part of being senior is figuring out how to work in those constraints. In that situation I would push back my manager and tell them why root causing bugs will save us time in the long run and if they still don’t relent I would sandbag some of my time doing sprint tasks to root cause the bugs.
Re:A Bunch of Programming Advice I'd Give to Myself 15 Years... by ohthehugemanate on Sunday June 30, 2024 @04:40AM (#40835894)
Which is why it's so important for teams to agree with management on a definition of "done" well in advance, to avoid this kind of argument later. Also why it's important for management to understand that velocity/estimation are Descriptive for long term planning, not Proscriptive and short term.