Isaac FreemanThe worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.
Stone Bear@isaacfreeman .... thus LaForge's reaction to Scotty's amazement that he told Picard how long it was _really_ gonna take...
Picard (and Riker) trust Geordi to hit his estimates bang-on - and Geordi will *tell them* when he has no idea...
"Eject the core!" "I just did..."
There's under-promise and over-deliver, and there's building trust between management and people...