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[โ€“] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

"I'd like you to to give me a time estimate, including the time taken to define the task and it's exact scope."

"You want me to do that before telling me what you want me to do or letting me think about what that'll entail?"

"Look, I just need you to pull an arbitrary number out of your ass and give it to me in writing, so I can hang you out to dry when you inevitably get it wrong."

[โ€“] Godnroc@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Gives a number.

"Why is it going to take so long?"

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