2024-05-01 22:51 UTC
When I became a Senior Engineer™, it's because they wanted me to lead projects. But I became the person who had to answer the question "how long do you think this will take?"
At this point, I had observed a lot of what more senior people talked about and thought about when they did estimates. I paid attention when they asked me questions about my part of the work. So I started to model those things I had seen.
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@polotek@social.polotek.net 2024-05-01 22:53
One of the key things here is that I still had string mentorship and guidance. There were always people around who were more experienced then me. I talked to them directly and explained my thinking. And they would either say "yeah that seems reasonable" or they would say "uh, no that doesn't seem right. Let's talk about it some more."