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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·4 days agoNever tell them how long it’s really going to take. How else will you look like a miracle worker?
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·4 days agoAlways multiply your estimates by a factor of four. Then find the bottle of green stuff.
minus-squareVonReposti@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·4 days ago Then find the bottle of green stuff. I don’t know what workplace you’re at, but mine isn’t fancy enough for absinthe.
minus-squareQuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoThat shit looks soo good! 😋🤤
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoThat’s more addictive than Aldebaran whiskey! And way more expensive too!
minus-squareBonsaiBoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoAre you nuts? Do you know how much a pizza party costs? You little ungrateful shits, we’re gonna buy even more yachts now
minus-squarevolore@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoweren’t you just gonna buy more yachts anyways, though?
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoGee, aren’t yachts amazingly flammable for being watercraft, though?
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoMaking it is one. Then there is paperwork, all the changes never mentioned and sitting in meetings. Now the time needed it’s times four. It’s legit.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoUnder promise and over deliver is still king. “I cannot guarantee something won’t go sideways. I need at least 3 weekends of overtime available to be certain before it’s released.” Deliver it 10 days later. Or 12, after relaxing for a day or two. Your timeframe stands. New project? Do it again. Give yourself ~100-150% extra room.
Never tell them how long it’s really going to take. How else will you look like a miracle worker?
Always multiply your estimates by a factor of four.
Then find the bottle of green stuff.
I don’t know what workplace you’re at, but mine isn’t fancy enough for absinthe.
What i was picturing lol
That shit looks soo good! 😋🤤
That’s more addictive than Aldebaran whiskey! And way more expensive too!
Are you nuts? Do you know how much a pizza party costs? You little ungrateful shits, we’re gonna buy even more yachts now
weren’t you just gonna buy more yachts anyways, though?
Gee, aren’t yachts amazingly flammable for being watercraft, though?
Making it is one. Then there is paperwork, all the changes never mentioned and sitting in meetings. Now the time needed it’s times four. It’s legit.
Under promise and over deliver is still king.
“I cannot guarantee something won’t go sideways. I need at least 3 weekends of overtime available to be certain before it’s released.”
Deliver it 10 days later. Or 12, after relaxing for a day or two.
Your timeframe stands. New project? Do it again. Give yourself ~100-150% extra room.
Star Trek Engineers in a nutshell