[afarrell]

I started reading that book in 2014, but put it down because it really was about project-level estimation on the order of a few weeks to a few months. At the time, I was really looking for guidance on how to estimate tasks—things on the order of a few hours to a couple days.

I’ve gained some experience and confidence at this in the years since, but at the expense of some psychologically painful experiences and a firing. Our industry really calls out for a more basic book aimed at University CS grads (or bootcamp grads or MOOC)-grads on how to estimate tasks.