Programmers can also try to come up with reasonable estimates, only for management (product, middle or upper - or often all of them) to come back and assert tha

Programmers can also try to come up with reasonable estimates, only for management (product, middle or upper - or often all of them) to come back and assert that the estimates are off base and to "reconsider." Not much to do at that point but to give a lower estimate and hope it works out. If you make that your hill to die on as a programmer you will find yourself out of a job with only your integrity to keep you warm at night.