Post B6p9ZF2ePE7y0KmKpM by crow@cville.online
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 (DIR) Post #B6laUQg5dUigm8JenQ by fribbledom@mastodon.social
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       Software estimates:"2 days" = 2 weeks"2 weeks" = next quarter"almost done" = please stop asking
       
 (DIR) Post #B6layrYYGcucpCImWm by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @fribbledom "next quarter" = we'll start looking into it in the middle of the next quarter
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lbOFRYamYo9J8Q9Q by Xilokar@mamot.fr
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       @fribbledom "more complex than previously thought" = did not start yet
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lbgmwSmgzxFtQpLU by neal@social.typica.us
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       @fribbledom Can it be done by (date)? Only if you let me get to work instead of redirecting me to other stuff.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ldx5TVqXdNHBn2Rc by fedops@fosstodon.org
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       @fribbledom "on the roadmap" = never
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lhiUaGbqS4chFGYC by pborenstein@mastodon.social
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       @fribbledom My CS professor's estimating advice:⁃ make an estimate⁃ double it⁃ double it again⁃ go to the next highest unit1 week -> 4 months
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lib4OZgBoRKNni8u by midzer@chaos.social
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       @fribbledom I like "When it's done." most.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ltnK6SCfJF10N1u4 by DX1000@mastodon.social
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       @fribbledom Hofstadter's law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6m9fvqDbmmt0YH2uG by rjj@infosec.exchange
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       @fribbledom When anyone tells me a software project is 90% done, I always reply "So you're half-way there?". Invariably, the response is a big sigh, and then "You're right."
       
 (DIR) Post #B6mefDMq3gJ1eafa76 by Zarr@oslo.town
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       @fribbledom "No, that's impossible" = I don't want to do it, but if you insist it can be ready before lunch.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6p9ZF2ePE7y0KmKpM by crow@cville.online
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       @fribbledom I recall that to find the true delivery date of something, use the following:Double the number.Increase units by one tier.So 2 Days becomes 4 weeks.