In this vein, my manager doesn’t appreciate when they ask for an estimate and I say “If I knew how to accurately estimate software projects I would be making millions as a consultant. But I don’t so I’m here”
No my assumption isn’t that consultants make good estimates. It is that nobody in our entire industry knows how to accurately estimate how long a software project will take, so I would be a highly sought-after rare commodity in our industry.
they do get paid more.