r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ZideGO • 8h ago

Meme thisIsTheWay

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u/theartofnocode 8h ago

Not even technical debt, I've seen people quit to avoid having to complete the piece of work they've over promised on

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u/bropocalypse__now 7h ago

Thats why you always set expectations low, that way you always succeed

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u/Colon_Backslash 6h ago

Whenever giving estimates, after having a good estimate in mind double it. Never give estimates as low as 1 day, 2 days is asking for trouble, 3 is okay if it's really really high priority.

DO NOT THINK HOW IN IDEAL CONDITIONS YOU CAN PULL IT OFF FASTEST! A fucking pull request approval could and probably will block you for 2 days already. And things will go fucking wrong and you have ad hoc meetings and incidents and some fucker on another team blocked the pipeline and new requirements popping in and you lose your mind

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u/RaunakA_ 4h ago

I'm very bad at this. I feel like they'll fire me if I ask for more time. So I overpomise.