Or — you’re not a bad developer, you’re a bad estimator; and that’s ok.
Have you ever had it where you’re in the stand-up/sprint planning/by the water cooler (or anywhere really) and a manager or other higher-up are asking you the dreaded question — “how long will that take?”
After your heart starts beating again, you might be able to pluck out some numbers, and let them know that whatever you’re working to is going to take “6–8 weeks”, and before you know that time has passed and you’ve not achieved what you wanted.
So what went wrong?
The first thought we often have…
