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		kqr on March 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why software projects take longer than you think: ... > Software developers' expertise is in developing software, not in analyzing statistics to predict the future. Which is a shame and causes so much wasted work. I wish we all got better at this.

underdeserver on March 9, 2021 [–]

Yep. I would claim analyzing statistics to predict the future is an integral component of being a good software engineer.

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