It's not my job to "manage" someone else expectations. It's their job to manage their own expectations. It's my job to do my best and communicate clearly
Everything in software changes. The requirements change. The design changes. The business changes. The technology changes. The problem isn't change, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, it's our inability to cope with change
Direction set in advance of experience have an especially short half-life. Change is inevitable, but change create the need for feedback
In software development, "perfect" is a verb, not an adjective