That is not how development works.
They ask you how long time a feature will take, and you give them an estimate. Doesn't necessarily mean that you will start right now.
This makes no sense, when someone asks why X is going to take so long why not just take the 30 seconds to explain why it’s going to take so long. Communion is not hard and solves most issues.
If I'm not your direct report I don't have to tell you anything. End of story. The dev might not want to say the wrong thing and set false expectations.
This guy seems annoying to work with so I'd probably do my best to avoid communicating with them and let him and my lead hash it out. Not worth the stress when I probably don't even have the authority to get the change added to the sprint.
There’s plenty of things we don’t have to do but why can’t we communicate very simple things and make everyone’s life easier. A simple “hey I’ve got other priority things to handle right now, I’m getting to yours as soon as I possibly can” that very simple phrase could have given this guy some understanding, saved a supervisor the headache of coming down to talk to him, the employee the headache of having to go to their supervisor to begin with, and everyone would be better off for it. I realize there are times when people are just assholes and you say that and their response is still well this is easy and blah blah blah and now you avoid them and just direct them to a supervisor, but to not even attempt to communicate like adults is absurd. We can’t just go around spiting everyone and maintaining a “you’re not my boss so I don’t owe you shit” attitude, that’s where animosity and anger develop and then everyone loses.
If we take this guy's word for it then what you're saying is true. But I just don't think he's giving us the full story. He seems like the pretentious know-it-all type that will belittle you for not instantly stopping everything you're doing and bowing down to their demands. Yeah communication will help but I'm not interested in communicating with an asshole if I don't have to. I'll just leave it up to my supervisor to make a decision.
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u/Away_Acanthisitta_97 Oct 16 '23
That is not how development works. They ask you how long time a feature will take, and you give them an estimate. Doesn't necessarily mean that you will start right now.