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commandlinefan
on Feb 14, 2022
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How to manage software developers without microman...
Whenever I'm presented with a problem that I don't have enough information to meaningfully estimate, a "helpful" manager suggests "breaking it down into subtasks". I usually end up breaking it down into tasks something like:
1) Figure out what's going on 2) Fix it
guavaNinja
on Feb 14, 2022
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It's ok to break it down iteratively, so after figuring it out you can get back to the list of subtasks and update them
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1) Figure out what's going on 2) Fix it