I heard someone say the key to excelling at a company is underpromising and under delivering, how does one do that in the engineering field?

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I've never heard that particular axiom. I have heard the key to success is setting a lower expectation and exceeding expectations. Or under-promising and over-delivering. For example, if you tell the customer the project will be ready in three weeks and then deliver it in two, he thinks you're some kind of genius. If you tell him it will be ready in two weeks and it takes two-and-a-half, he thinks you've been dilly-dallying.

Beat deadlines and budgets

Idk about the under delivering part but I totally co-sign the underpromising part. I've always said "underpromise and over deliver" but I think what I live in practice is "underpromise and deliver adequately" lol. I don't want to over deliver because I don't want people to get high expectations for the next assignment. I just want to do what's required of me and then live the rest of my life

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