[DG: Open Forum] AZ job transition

[Steven Githens]

Dude,

To this day I still use the project estimation algorithm we developed while at Caret, to keep myself honest and determine how long it will take things to get finished from other teams.


Algorithm For Accurate Estimates:

(Original Estimate * 2) increase units by 1 = Actual time it will take.

For the uninitiated that means if you estimate that something will take 2 hours then:

2 hours * 2 = 4 hours
then increase the units:
It will take you 4 days to do the work.

If the original estimate is 2 weeks:

2 weeks * 2 = 4 weeks
increase the units:
It will take you 4 months to complete said task.

It started out as a joke, but honestly is pretty accurate a scary amount of the time.

Have fun with your new gig!  Hope all is well.

Steve  :)

On Aug 19, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net> wrote:

> For those who have not heard, I have some bittersweet news.
> I will be transitioning from my senior architect role at Unicon to
> lead architect for education at Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/)
> starting 20 August. Today is my last official day at Unicon.
> This is an opportunity for me to take my career and architecture
> skills to the next level and I am sad to be moving on from the
> outstanding Unicon family.
> 
> I will continue to be involved in education so I hope to see some of
> you in various communities (most likely related to IMS and learning
> analytics in the nearer term). I will probably be heads down for a
> couple months while I get used to a new culture/environment but I plan
> to stay involved with open source as time allows.
> 
> I probably will not be able to be very active with Sakai for the rest
> of 2014 but I'll know more in a month or so. Apereo and Sakai are
> great communities and I will miss being involved at the level Unicon
> (and others) have allowed me to be over the past 10 years.
> Thanks for all the support, encouragement, fun times, and learning
> opportunities. You can stay in touch with me via linkedin or whatever
> contact method you prefer (http://tinyurl.com/azprofile).
> -AZ
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Zeckoski - Software Architect - http://tinyurl.com/azprofile
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