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# [How to provide estimates as a Junior Developer?](https://blog.skay.dev/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction I recently interacted with a friend who had just started out as a developer and she told me that she found it really hard to provide estimates against the user stories assigned to her. We had an interesting conversation following that an...

Nov 13, 2020 · 7 min read · blog.skay.dev  
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## Written by

[Skay](https://hashnode.com/@skay)

@skay · Kitchener, Canada

  
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I am a Technical Product Manager and have over two decades of experience building products for enterprises and start-ups. I love to ideate, create things on the web and my expertise lies in how to translate user value when we build engineering solutions.

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[Dany Tulumidis](https://hashnode.com/@DanyTulumidis)

[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae70f18f0a026553479b48)

Thank you for this post! I find estimation also really hard. Sometimes i estimate too much sometimes to low. I learned that its important that you always estimate based on the task itself and not e.g. the Product Owner or Team Lead. Sometimes you like the person and dont want to let her/him down and estimate to low. Always focus on the task itself.

Stay healthy!

[Skay](https://hashnode.com/@skay)

[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae70f18f0a026553479b48#reply-5fae7877fa438d6532c7f259)

Thanks for reading and your comment. Like everything in life we constantly learn and evolve. I've had plenty of experiences when I've gone terribly wrong in my estimations. Thankfully, either the client or my lead has been understanding enough to work with me through my transgressions. Thanks once again. Appreciate your comment 😎🙌

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[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae676d8f0a026553479aa1)

Fantastic article [Skay](https://hashnode.com/@skay).

[Skay](https://hashnode.com/@skay)

[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae676d8f0a026553479aa1#reply-5fae6df98f0a026553479b1a)

Thank you 😊

[Shad Mirza](https://hashnode.com/@iamshadmirza)

[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae2a1cfa438d6532c7ecd0)

Very helpful 👏

[Skay](https://hashnode.com/@skay)

[Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93/comment/5fae2a1cfa438d6532c7ecd0#reply-5fae2c3b8f0a026553479726)

Thanks for reading :-)