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Have a bit of trust (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But if your hand is forced, it should always be 2x-10x the actual estimate, depending on the complexity of the task, and never less than 2 hours.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

This is one of those rare occasions where "IT" might have been better fully punctuated as "I.T.", but the thought of using "Scotty" as a verb meaning "generously pad all estimates" amuses me.

e.g. "If I want to cover my a---, I should Scotty it."

[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

This right here

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

This is actually wisdom. I use a 4x fudge factor.