Throwaway@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is your all time favourite quote?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down15
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your all time favourite quote?Throwaway@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarecaptsneeze@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-21 year agoThese aren’t necessarily my favorite quotes, but they are the two I find myself referencing almost daily in my work life. “We never seem to have the time to do it right, yet we always seem to find the time to do it twice.” “You can save hours of planning with weeks of work.”
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t agree with the second one. Sometimes you can save weeks of planning with hours of work.
minus-squarecaptsneeze@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSure. It depends on the work. I only reference the quote when it is applicable.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI think a more appropriate one would be about the sunk cost fallacy. You should realize when it’s time to take a step back and reconsider your solution. Maybe you’re missing something obvious?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI need that for my boss. She plans for EVERYTHING. I don’t mean everything that will happen, or could happen, I mean EVERYTHING. We spend more time preparing for things that never happen than we do actually working on the things that do.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe have a version for programmers: “12 hours of debugging can save you 5 minutes of reading documentation.”
minus-squarecaptsneeze@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI like it! I’m only a hobbyist programmer, but I’m 100% guilty of this.
These aren’t necessarily my favorite quotes, but they are the two I find myself referencing almost daily in my work life.
I don’t agree with the second one. Sometimes you can save weeks of planning with hours of work.
Sure. It depends on the work. I only reference the quote when it is applicable.
I think a more appropriate one would be about the sunk cost fallacy. You should realize when it’s time to take a step back and reconsider your solution. Maybe you’re missing something obvious?
I need that for my boss. She plans for EVERYTHING.
I don’t mean everything that will happen, or could happen, I mean EVERYTHING.
We spend more time preparing for things that never happen than we do actually working on the things that do.
We have a version for programmers: “12 hours of debugging can save you 5 minutes of reading documentation.”
I like it! I’m only a hobbyist programmer, but I’m 100% guilty of this.