To be fair to the client, I, as a programmer, often struggle to estimate tasks with accuracy, and am very often at a loss at even explaining to co-workers why some things are easy and others impossible.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 42 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I once just asked how long if would take them to swap the chair and the table, and how long it would take to swap the window and that pillar. After all, it's just moving stuff around. They understood after that.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Careful, that table is critical for getting airflow over that server in the corner. If you move the table it will overheat and cause a cascade of failures and bankrupt the entire company.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 hours ago

And that’s a load bearing chair.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

I like that metaphor. I'm gonna use it next time I have to talk to a non-technical.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 90 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 hours ago

I've never felt more called out.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago

He was okay when I explained that the custom Magento plugin was written in Bulgarian and I had to translate it before attempting to understand the convoluted mess I’d been given.