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# 2025-11-11 06:06:??

_Tuesday Morning, Before Work_

One of the most appealing aspects of estimating
to me is the dynamic we have with our employers.
my experience was at Ace that estimators act like,
and are treated like good artists, like loveable
little scamps who always get into trouble, but
you keep them around because they do good work.
There was no other position with a similar reputation.

I attribute this strange relationship to two
facts of our role:

1. Estimating provides executives with a service,
    one that they could almost do without, but that they
    understand the value of paying for.

2. Estimating is just math-heavy enough that it
    seems like magic to the uninitiated.

In these ways we're actually more like court
wizards than artists, which is an understandably
desirable position.
