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Anon is an engineer (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Good management should insulate engineers from most of the corporate politics. My manager, for example, knows we get surprises, so they add in extra time to whatever estimate we give, and he tells stakeholders that this is a firm estimate, which they'll inevitably push back on and they'll concede down to something a little higher than our initial estimate (i.e. handle the corporate politics).