Comments by "xybersurfer" (@xybersurfer) on "Are Programmers Really To Blame For BAD Estimates?" video.

  1.  @NicholasOrr  exactly this!
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  2. it might come to light if management were to track time spent on issues. but good luck trying to convince them to (i haven't been able to)
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  3. what's also beautiful, is when a client tries to be smart, and instead asks if i can first figure out whether something is possible, before paying to have me build it. it sounds reasonable at first. however, the result is usually that basically almost the whole thing has to be built to get that answer. and even if i record the time spent, it can still becomes a negotiation about how much they are willing to pay, and if the negotiation fails then the time spent is lost. admittedly it this doesn't happen often, but it's frustrating when it does
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