• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Last week, we sent out an offer for 102k and then the customer asked us, if we can please lower it to 99k, so they don’t have to go to their boss to get clearance.

    Logically speaking, that is not how any of this works. It’s still going to need the same amount of budget to complete the task. But no one asked us devs how long it’ll take anyways, so I guess, that’s not my problem after all.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      But you’re dealing with the mechanics on their side causing an issue with approval.

      At that point, I’d look to remove scope to get under the 100k threshold.

    • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      Toooo real. Its like companies have taken the worst of everything and just call it agile. List out every task and estimate them so we have timelines, but don’t actually architect anything as that’s waterfall. Fake waterfall, with fake dates, but fingers will be pointed like they were real commitments, and spend a month doing it for this executive power point instead of fucking off so devs can build the damn thing.