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Discussion on: What's your least favorite question to be asked at work?

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Josh Ransley

"How long will it take to do X?"

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Jason

'How long will this take, also the requirements haven't been finalized yet'.

'so i'm gonna say anywhere between an hour and a year'

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

I think you nailed it, that's a really important bad question.

My answer is:

I have a boring answer for you:
It depends a lot on the requirements
Maybe we should invest a few hours thinking the options through?

Weeks of programming can save hours of planning.