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Never tell normal people (non-developers) how much time it took you to build something.

They will always be like 'I thought that was a 2-day work'

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  • 4
    Had a discussion about this today when a conversation started with "That logo cost *how* much???" People just don't get the value of time and the process of creating a design or a program.
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    @CrankyOldDev True, And then you wish to bash your keyboard in their head. But can't because 'Management'
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    @CrankyOldDev yep. And with programming there's also the fact that you have to explain what you did in broad strokes, so things sound super simple to the simple people.
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