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		catchnear4321 on June 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software effort estimation is mostly fake research... likely because of your assumption that high paid consultants make accurate estimates. they do get paid more.

cardy31 on June 16, 2023 [–]

No my assumption isn’t that consultants make good estimates. It is that nobody in our entire industry knows how to accurately estimate how long a software project will take, so I would be a highly sought-after rare commodity in our industry.

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