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The coders’ quotation quandary Grant Jacobs Oct 31

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Coders are special. ’We are expected to know how to do things we’ve never done before and estimate how long they will take.’

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1. 
   Steven 596 days ago

   And when you screw up the estimate you made on the thing you have ever done before everybody acts surprised.

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   Ben 596 days ago
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   Grant Jacobs 596 days ago

   Ben,

   I take that to be ‘no comment’ :-)

   FWIW, I’m not questioning people’s ability to offer quotations, or saying that this is unique to programmers (it’s not); I just liked the pop-psychology thought that people are asking for a quotation of something that the person hasn’t done before.

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   Ben 596 days ago

   T’was rather me forgetting that angle brackets often don’t work when commenting on blogs. And attempting to nod thoughtfully in general agreement.

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   Grant Jacobs 596 days ago

   I wonder what tag you tossed in that caused it to abandon ship? Anyway, commiserations. Getting clever in blog comments does have it’s limitations ;-)

6. 
   Dale 543 days ago

   Here is my favorite coding quotation:

   Why do we never have time to do it right, but always have time to do it over?

   I have seen this scenario play out many times over the years. Users, management or clients want the job rushed and then it has to be fixed later on.

   Cheers!