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For software engineers, this scenario is all-too familiar…
Partner: Hey can we build this feature?
Dev: Yeah that should be easy.
…3 weeks later…
Partner: Hey where’s that feature?
Dev: Turns out there was a bit more to it than we thought.
Why is this so common? When it comes to software estimation, why do we consistently underestimate how long something will take, and more importantly, why do we continue to do so even when we should’ve learned our lesson? Well, it’s more complicated than you think. winks insufferably
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