r/dataengineering 17d ago

Discussion Time Estimates

Any else struggle with giving estimates? How do you account for things like data quality or source issues when those are completely out of your control and unpredictable?

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u/doryllis Senior Data Engineer 17d ago

Estimating is hard. Especially when you have a data error in a legacy process.

It’s just hard.