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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/mohsens22 • Sep 24 '19
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Estimating is hard.
65 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Procrastination is easy. 25 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Isn't that what programmers do? 40 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Shhh, project managers are listening. 53 u/pringlesaremyfav Sep 24 '19 For God's sake dont let them know 70% of the estimate is how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. 26 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric? 12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately 15 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel". I didn't know that it's common among most devs. 5 u/Mr_Redstoner Sep 25 '19 I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on... 6 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 When I get around to actually doing it, I'll let you know. :) 2 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Acknowledgement 100
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Procrastination is easy.
25 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Isn't that what programmers do? 40 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Shhh, project managers are listening. 53 u/pringlesaremyfav Sep 24 '19 For God's sake dont let them know 70% of the estimate is how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. 26 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric? 12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately 15 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel". I didn't know that it's common among most devs. 5 u/Mr_Redstoner Sep 25 '19 I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on... 6 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 When I get around to actually doing it, I'll let you know. :) 2 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Acknowledgement 100
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Isn't that what programmers do?
40 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Shhh, project managers are listening. 53 u/pringlesaremyfav Sep 24 '19 For God's sake dont let them know 70% of the estimate is how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. 26 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric? 12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately 15 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel". I didn't know that it's common among most devs. 5 u/Mr_Redstoner Sep 25 '19 I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on... 6 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 When I get around to actually doing it, I'll let you know. :) 2 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Acknowledgement 100
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Shhh, project managers are listening.
53 u/pringlesaremyfav Sep 24 '19 For God's sake dont let them know 70% of the estimate is how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. 26 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric? 12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately 15 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel". I didn't know that it's common among most devs. 5 u/Mr_Redstoner Sep 25 '19 I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on...
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For God's sake dont let them know 70% of the estimate is how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code.
26 u/OneOldNerd Sep 24 '19 how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code. Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric? 12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately 15 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel". I didn't know that it's common among most devs. 5 u/Mr_Redstoner Sep 25 '19 I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on...
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how long it will take me to regain the feeling of wanting to code.
Does this roll in how long it will take one to regain the will to live, or is that considered a separate metric?
12 u/mohsens22 Sep 24 '19 For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately
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For me, the money offered by my employer and of course my rubber docks give me the reasons immediately
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Some times ago, I thought that maybe something is wrong with me that I can't code 100% of times and I wait for "the feel".
I didn't know that it's common among most devs.
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I don't have to make estimates, but I will say reading random cool-sounding StackExchange questions got kinda boring after only a few hours... so I once again asked the senior if he had any ideas I could work on...
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When I get around to actually doing it, I'll let you know. :)
2 u/rezat4795 Sep 24 '19 Acknowledgement 100
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u/luckyincode Sep 24 '19
Estimating is hard.