I've just heard from the business person that we are giving high estimates on the projects delivery time out of spite. Are you fucking kidding me. All of that just because they wrote Hello World and they think they now better how much time it will take.

”Will a shorter estimate make the work easier and less time consuming? No. Will the lack of anticipation of predictable delays cause issues with the rest of the processes, increasing cost, and potentially incur late penalties/wrath from upper management? Definitely. Take the damn estimate, it's eyeballed, but it's the best you'll get.”