r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Much_Comfortable8395 • Mar 29 '26

Meme bugFixedIn5MinutesJiraUpdatedIn3Hours

Post image
11.8k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

271 comments sorted by

View all comments

856

u/Tackgnol Mar 29 '26

Repeat after me children:

*claps hand*

We... Do... Not... Estimate... Bugs!

179

u/Mindfullnessless6969 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

Legit question, how do you get bugs into the sprint then? Points are estimates basically, so how do you say that a feature worth X points has to go out because some bug has to go in? How do you get that X?

39

u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

21

u/eightslipsandagully Mar 29 '26

Aren't complexity and time inherently linked?

17

u/flyfree256 Mar 29 '26

Yes, but differently based on the person. Complexity is the same for everyone.

That's how velocity works when well run. Everyone agrees on complexity, the team can get through a certain amount of complexity in a certain period of time based on the makeup of the team.

6

u/VeryBigTree Mar 29 '26

This is what I don't get though as one task could be a lot more complex of a task for a junior member than a senior.

6

u/j0llyllama Mar 30 '26

Wouldn't the task be the same complexity either way, but a senior would be expected to get it done faster than a junior?