It doesn't help that developers pretend this crap isn't going on either. Verbalize and acknowledge it but everyone's so worried that unrealistic requests and budgets are somehow actually realistic and they're just underperforming compared to their peers. So many actually suffering from imposter syndrome and worried that they're suffering from the Dunning-Krueger effect.
Every group I've worked with seems to start in a defensive state projecting confidence but I casually admit to my struggles with everyone on the team and folks start to open up. By the end, you have a team of developers who can help set more realistic expectations. The less developers communicate amongst themselves honestly, the more they can be exploited by unrealistic expectations for development.
It's a much nicer environment when everyone knows and admits they're slinging garbage code because of resource constraints than everyone pretending they're not.
Every group I've worked with seems to start in a defensive state projecting confidence but I casually admit to my struggles with everyone on the team and folks start to open up. By the end, you have a team of developers who can help set more realistic expectations. The less developers communicate amongst themselves honestly, the more they can be exploited by unrealistic expectations for development.
It's a much nicer environment when everyone knows and admits they're slinging garbage code because of resource constraints than everyone pretending they're not.