Oct 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
The universe has rules, and apparently so does the office - most of them explaining why schedules expand, promotions go sideways, and adding more people can make a late project even later. In Episode…
Andrew HawkinsHostScott BoyerGuestOkay, let's get into the first section, which there's two, and the bucket is time and scheduling.
So we're gonna start with Hofstadter's Law, which essentially is experience does not eliminate optimism.
And this was put together by Douglas Hofstadter, who was an American cognitive scientist and writer.
So Hofstadter's Law states that it always takes longer than expected, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law, which we were talking about this before the show, which I think that's funny.
Even knowing it, whatever you think it's gonna take, it's gonna take more time than that.
And it's actually that second part of the principle that makes things useful because it removes the comforting assumption that experience will eventually m- make you better at estimating how much time-
And I sit there and remember being asked, "Okay, how much time do you need?" And I go, "This won't take me more than, this is like a 20-minute exercise." And you don't even get close.
Okay, let's get into the first section, which there's two, and the bucket is time and scheduling.
So we're gonna start with Hofstadter's Law, which essentially is experience does not eliminate optimism.
And this was put together by Douglas Hofstadter, who was an American cognitive scientist and writer.
So Hofstadter's Law states that it always takes longer than expected, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law, which we were talking about this before the show, which I think that's funny.
Even knowing it, whatever you think it's gonna take, it's gonna take more time than that.
And it's actually that second part of the principle that makes things useful because it removes the comforting assumption that experience will eventually m- make you better at estimating how much time-
And I sit there and remember being asked, "Okay, how much time do you need?" And I go, "This won't take me more than, this is like a 20-minute exercise." And you don't even get close.
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