Planning out software projects is hard. The bigger...

Planning out software projects is hard. The bigger the project, the more unknown unknowns there are. " "" "People get sick, emergency outages delay teams you partner with, the market develops as you build your product, and the list continues. So when asked for an estimate, give your best answer that you can commit to, knowing everything you know about yourself and what you have going on." "" "You are in the best position to estimate your work: under-promise and over-deliver. At the very beginning, when new to a project or domain, start by doubling your initial estimate, and as you hit your dates, slowly reduce your estimate overhead. It’s best always to have some overhead, though, as there will always be delays for the most random reasons. " "" "Set yourself up to succeed, not to be behind your self-created deadline! #bendevtip

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