[Presented by Dave Sweeton, Chief Technologist, Stout Systems]

You can write a data aggregation query and integrate external authentication APIs. On a good day, you can even craft a perfect Regex! But can you tell your boss (or client) -- with a reasonable degree of certainty -- how long it will take to do it? In our experience, estimating is the Achilles heel of many developers who are otherwise superhero developers. Is there any way that you can improve when it comes to this critical task? Or if you’re already freakishly good at it, can you help the rest of your team improve? Join us as Dave Sweeton, an excellent estimator himself, shares advice that will improve your software estimation skills by 0 to 1,000%!

This talk is back by popular demand, having debuted at CodeMash 2019 to a full house!

Dave Sweeton is Stout's Chief Technologist. Dave started working with Stout as a contract developer in 1998. He worked on many successful projects with Stout and eventually joined the company full time. In addition to being a full time developer, Dave sets the technical direction of the company and oversees all aspects of quality. In his spare time Dave enjoys many hobbies and is an active reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy.