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It has been 0 days since I last had this conversation (lemmy.ml)
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Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[–] 17 points 3 months ago

My answer to "how long will it take?" Has recently been "is it a higher priority than x,y, and z?" (While mentally deciding if it sounds more fun to work on than x y z along with t, u, v and w.

(Un)fortunately I've been working on the manager's pet project, so I've had a semblance of focus.

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