<ul><li>Asking for engineering estimates without proper requirements, context, or time to think is akin to ordering pizza without specifying toppings or owning an oven.</li><li>Devs cannot provide accurate estimates without essential details or questions being asked.</li><li>Using estimates as commitments, ammunition, or leverage is not a sign of good leadership but rather a form of corporate gaslighting.</li><li>To obtain real estimates, provide clear requirements, let developers break down the work, encourage honest responses, ask for ranges instead of single-point answers, and use estimates as a basis for discussion, not final commitments.</li></ul>

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