Providing work estimation:

Dev: This should take about 2 weeks

Non dev: Really? But it's so simple. Shouldn't be that long right? I think it can be done in one week.

*After one week*

Non dev: Why is it still not done? I thought you only need one week?

After many years I've come to realise that there's just no way to talk with people who think like that. They're in a different reality and don't know it.

My first college project taught me life lesson about estimations. It was an asp project, and i was only one who really anything about coding. New bugs and room for improvements never ends..

Explain it to them and if they do not get it- make the estimate an extra day for wasting your time 😁

I have a client like this. He keeps adding tasks to a fixed price job. I keep telling him more task = more $$$. Oh he's cheap as well.

@vchris learn from it and have everything that needs to be done written down and signed. if done right feature creep will cost your client and not you

@jckimble Yup I've learned that after my first contract with him. Now he thinks I'm too expensive. Too bad for you. I prefer good paying clients that are happy with what I do.

@vchris yeah the good clients are hard to come by, I'm thinking about writing a automated client framework using the lessons I learned to automate my workflow and help new developers where they don't have to learn the hard way like so many of us did. unfortunately I got 2 short projects before I get to doing that so it's probably going to be a few weeks before I get around to doing it

With people lile that, do not give them good code. Give them something that works and apologize in the comments to the next dev.

Chriiiiiiiist, my project manager does this. Worst part is that they used to be a dev. Soulless.