Good estimates are critical to plan dependent activities and setting customer expectations. If we don’t estimate then we are saying that software engineering is not an engineering discipline. You can have that view, but in my experience it does not lead to good outcomes.
If I can assume you’re an SDE for a moment, I actually agree with the part of you not providing estimates. Recently I’ve done the initial estimate for projects exclusively between SDM and PMT with no engineers involved. It has been a lot more reliable and it seems that SDEs are very happy to be absolved of this responsibility. This does require SDMs and PMTs with a good amount of experience.
If I can assume you’re an SDE for a moment, I actually agree with the part of you not providing estimates. Recently I’ve done the initial estimate for projects exclusively between SDM and PMT with no engineers involved. It has been a lot more reliable and it seems that SDEs are very happy to be absolved of this responsibility. This does require SDMs and PMTs with a good amount of experience.