> “Pushing sales people to increase their amount of sales/quota is like asking meteorologists for sunshine”.
This would be perfectly true if you replace it for a sales estimate, instead of quota.
The problem here is incompetent managers lying to inexperienced developers to get them into an expensive contractual obligation. It's borderline fraud, and yes, that means working with that manager is something to be avoided.
But going to a developer and plainly demanding him to finish the work on some time can be as perfectly fine as doing the same with sales people.
This would be perfectly true if you replace it for a sales estimate, instead of quota.
The problem here is incompetent managers lying to inexperienced developers to get them into an expensive contractual obligation. It's borderline fraud, and yes, that means working with that manager is something to be avoided.
But going to a developer and plainly demanding him to finish the work on some time can be as perfectly fine as doing the same with sales people.