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A significant percentage of the time you’re researching software — determining if something is even possible.

This is the even more crucial difference and the reason for all the time estimation arguments.

If a manager can’t estimate a car production run schedule they’re a bad manager.

No manager can schedule — to the day — when fusion powered cars will be ready for shipping.

Yet, this is expected from people trying something entirely new in software.

“Integrate these two things that no human has put together before. Now that you’ve heard this single sentence, tell me: will it be ready Tuesday or Wednesday… a year from now?”