--- title: "Why Engineers Cannot Estimate Time" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-engineers-cannot-estimate-time-0---rvacj source_url: https://medium.com/@heshammeneisi/why-engineers-cannot-estimate-time-5639750df419 type: article source: "The Startup" published: 2020-10-22T07:20:13.928Z updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z reading_time: 8 upvotes: 25 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Engineers Cannot Estimate Time **[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 8 min read · 25 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary No one no matter how experienced or genius they are can claim to know for sure the exact time a software project would take. Over-optimism, Dunning-Kruger effect, pure uncertainty, or just math? Hesham Meneisi offers a statistical approach to explaining bad deadlines in engineering projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@onlyangel** · 1 upvotes > An eternal thurth of limitless missfortunes ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-engineers-cannot-estimate-time-0---rvacj)