[Aeolun]

> 99% of engineers are working on things that CAN actually be estimated fairly accurately. New CRUD APIs? New ETLs? New React component? New integration with a product that has a published API? New service? New message format? New protocol? Whatever. Just break it down enough until it’s very clear what it takes to get it done.

What I can accurately estimate is how long it will take me to get it done.

What I cannot estimate is time spent waiting for people to finish their stuff, the lies that ‘the API is done’, the going back and forth with the stakeholders when they either change their minds, or I learn that what they want is actually different from the user story.

Like, all those human related factors.