Comments on: Estimates and ‘The Reality Factor’ http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/05/estimates-and-the-reality-factor/ Software Development Using REAL Studio Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tsrdatatech http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/05/estimates-and-the-reality-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-11 tsrdatatech Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:18:48 +0000 http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/?p=39#comment-11 It is extremely touch no doubt, then on top of that things don't go as planned. It flat out sucks. I hate doing them, really. I lose more jobs than anything because it's probably pricey. I'm really looking into the residual income you get from publishing your own app. I have a coworker doing this already for over 18 years and he still averages over 5k(US$) a month on top of his "normal" job! Pretty decent by me. The only thing I have been apart of as far as getting jobs is the rb developer list and that has panned out well most of the time, even if it is $1000, you make it back. But these rentacoder, getafreelancer and the rest suck real bad. Yeah I need this program done for $30-$250 tops. Yeah gimme a break you idiot! It seems to me that unless you get 'lucky' and get in with the right company your screwed. Bottom line, that's it fella. My .02, and it aint much! Tom It is extremely touch no doubt, then on top of that things don’t go as planned. It flat out sucks. I hate doing them, really. I lose more jobs than anything because it’s probably pricey.

I’m really looking into the residual income you get from publishing your own app.
I have a coworker doing this already for over 18 years and he still averages over 5k(US$) a month on top of his “normal” job! Pretty decent by me.

The only thing I have been apart of as far as getting jobs is the rb developer list and that has panned out well most of the time, even if it is $1000, you make it back. But these rentacoder, getafreelancer and the rest suck real bad. Yeah I need this program done for $30-$250 tops. Yeah gimme a break you idiot!

It seems to me that unless you get ‘lucky’ and get in with the right company your screwed. Bottom line, that’s it fella.

My .02, and it aint much!

Tom

]]> By: npalardy http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/05/estimates-and-the-reality-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-6 npalardy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:32:47 +0000 http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/?p=39#comment-6 My usual is to see what my "gut feel" is and then triple it And we all know the truism is "You can have it fast, cheap or correct. Pick two." My favorite used to be to take my best stab and then just move the time unit up. Things you estimated were an hour moved up to one day. Things you thought were 3 days turned into 3 weeks. Anything that might take 1 month would be 1 year ! And in the bureaucratic place I first learned that technique it was stunningly accurate. More often than not it was more close to right than not. My usual is to see what my “gut feel” is and then triple it

And we all know the truism is “You can have it fast, cheap or correct. Pick two.”

My favorite used to be to take my best stab and then just move the time unit up.
Things you estimated were an hour moved up to one day. Things you thought were 3 days turned into 3 weeks. Anything that might take 1 month would be 1 year !
And in the bureaucratic place I first learned that technique it was stunningly accurate. More often than not it was more close to right than not.

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