Dumb Things Finance People Say

'3. "Earnings missed estimates." No. Earnings don't miss estimates; estimates miss earnings. No one ever says "the weather missed estimates." They blame the weatherman for getting it wrong. Finance is the only industry where people blame their poor forecasting skills on reality.'

I reckon the software industry could give that last claim a run for its money. Ignoring incompetence, sometimes there simply isn't an elegant solution that fits time, budget, stability and technical debt constraints, yet it's somehow not an estimate issue.