Estimation has always been a subject I’ve hated. The truth is that estimates are always wrong. So, what do you do when the business demands you have them?
A lot of times, teams aren’t doing Discovery work. New engineers generally won’t have a lot of influence over whether their teams do a Discovery phase, but I did write a little section about convincing leaders to do one.
Can your expectations heal you? Can they kill you? Can they make you happier? You will find the answer to all of these questions in The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David Robson.