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by blueboo 1442 days ago
Share your evidance-based expectations with your director/manager. If you surprise them with failure or delays that you knew were likely, it'll be your fault. On the other hand, if you deliver ahead of a previously-broadcast delay because you manage to improve on this situation, you'll be (rightly) recognized for effective leadership.

As for strategies to do that: consider (provisionally) lowering the overall code quality standard, as your team is clearly not up to yours. This is an important practical concession when working with average engineers -- otherwise you'll have an effective bus number of 1.