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Listen to Scotty

Wayne Lee

Listen to Scotty

A one-minute clip of Scotty from Star Trek giving advice to engineers about managing expectations in estimates. It is a comedic bit of workplace wisdom.

HN uses it as a joking reference in threads on estimation, technical debt and managing expectations.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2022

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  • Software practice, open source & careers

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