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Re:How I Estimate Work as a Staff Software Engineer by andychiare on Saturday January 24, 2026 @01:01PM (#46745877)
> It is not possible to accurately estimate software work.

An "accurate estimation" is an oxymoron. By definition, an estimate is imprecise. It only serves to provide an idea of the order of magnitude of something: will this work take hours? days? weeks? months? You can't be more accurate. And this does not apply only to software development.

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