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minus-squareBlapoo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoNever give firm estimates. It’s done when it’s done. Feel free to check in.
minus-squareSkyeStarfalllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years ago“adding a button to the front page? Yeah, it will definitively take less than 6 months to make. No promises though.”
minus-squareBlapoo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoSpitball. Keep’em posted. Be honest. But nothing firm.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoAs someone who has been doing this for two decades, I disagree. Give a firm estimate, and always deliver before you said you would, just make sure you pad the fuck out of that estimate so that it would be virtually impossible not to accomplish it.
Never give firm estimates. It’s done when it’s done. Feel free to check in.
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“adding a button to the front page? Yeah, it will definitively take less than 6 months to make. No promises though.”
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Spitball. Keep’em posted. Be honest.
But nothing firm.
As someone who has been doing this for two decades, I disagree. Give a firm estimate, and always deliver before you said you would, just make sure you pad the fuck out of that estimate so that it would be virtually impossible not to accomplish it.