nDeveloperTime = 2 * 2 + 2 ; // It's a standard.
nHRRecruitmentAndHireTime = 2 * 2 * 2 + nOrientation;

Hmm, I wonder which of those numbers is more? And yeah, the DailyWTF is VERY enlightening for him.

But on the opposite end of the coin, and in all fairness,  maybe you all need to peer review with a similar organization to see if your all overestimating your dev times too.

Although copy&paste construction has its merits, when you are copying and pasting others insecure, inefficient, and deprecated code, it only makes matters that much worst.

Good luck. Cool