So I've realized recently that there is a big difference between the way that most engineers talk and the way that successful entrepreneurs talk. To summarize, most engineers are inherently somewhat conservative and pessimistic, while successful entrepreneurs are unrealistically optimistic. You have all heard something similar to the interaction that I'm about to summarize:
Entrepreneur: We need to finish this software by next Friday so that we can land that big new customer. You're going to deliver it by then, right?
Engineer: That's impossible. No chance. We still haven't started working on two major features.
Entrepreneur: Why? What tasks do we need to finish? I thought we outlined them all, and we only estimated one more week of development.
Engineer: We're running a bit behind schedule on development. We might be able to finish writing the code in two weeks, but we're going to have to cut some corners, and it probably won't be tested enough.
Entrepreneur: Ok. So you have a week to finish. I promised the customer that our software would be ready by then. We can launch those features in our first maintenance release.
Engineer: Grumble Grumble
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