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Discussion on: Can you share your favorite quote or rule related to IT?

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Evan Oman • Edited

Not restricted to IT, but anyone who has tried estimating work can relate to this:

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law

Hofstadter's Law

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Ben Halpern

Ha! That's great.

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Christopher Toman

Sadly true, I always multiply by 4, but I think I got to do power of 4