Re: Timeless Classics of Software Engineering

In article <05iPc.64964$8_6.28994_at_attbi_s04>, Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

>I was a programmer for 20 years. I noticed that often, for
>myself and co-workers, an estimate for a job would be
>produced, and management would question it. Why does
>it take so long? It doesn't seem like it should take so long.
>
>Then I became a manager.

Hm. My managers always ask, "what's your multiplier again?", and I answer "2X", and they multiply my estimate by two, and carry on.

I've never met anyone with a multipler below 1.

Followups reduced to a gropu that I read.

• greg