McScrooge

I think a major part of the frustration is more the _assumptions_ around the work complexity. Like decision-makers more easily make invalid assumptions regarding the complexity of the software portion. A good PM will listen to the SWEs when forming these assumptions and good SWEs must be able to communicate about them.

This could be bias talking, though. Is it common for sales or support teams to be given milestones that are off by 50%?

Treat them as resources for remembering/exploring code libraries and documentation. For example, I needed to import some JSON files as structs into Unreal Engine. Gemini helped me to quickly identify the classes UE has for working with JSON.

I've been in a similar position of having to learn solo for 10+ years and lesson #2 above has been FAR more important than #1 in my experience. Clients and bosses care much more about communication, dependability, etc. than whether a product has been coded elegantly via best practices.

Screens typically have much more horizontal space but ideal page text width has a limit so the sides end up as unused space. Also tab nesting can be very useful for organization.

"This is the city where it can take 87 permits, 1,000 days of meetings and $500,000 in fees to build residential housing projects. This is the city — the only one in the state — that allows housing permits to be appealed even after projects are entitled. This is the city where it costs an estimated $100,000 to build one tiny home for the homeless — up to 10 times more than in other Bay Area cities — and almost $1.2 million to build a single unit of affordable housing. This is the city that at one point celebrated plans to build a single public toilet for $1.7 million."

"1,000 days of meetings" sounds like the ultimate office horror movie.

How has Lenovo dealt with the malware fallout from years past? I've wanted to purchase a thinkpad recently but I don't see how to trust them again.

Are there any examples of an org creating an internal competitor to disrupt external competitors and potentially replace itself?