> This business unit has a pretty aggressive roadmap as management and HQ has no real understanding of these blockers. And post COVID, budget is really tight L

> This business unit has a pretty aggressive roadmap as management and HQ has no real understanding of these blockers. And post COVID, budget is really tight Listen to he more experienced people in the thread. They have good advice. Probably ignore the people who were on one lucky project that worked out with a risky full-rewrite. But, the business' ambitious but naive plan is not viable, and it's your job to communicate why, and figure out how a less ambitious series of slower goals could be achieved. If I were in this position, as an IC, I'd literally just refuse to shoulder the stress of naively agreed upon deadlines etc.. because it wouldn't be feasible unless I risked burnout for probably the not-enough salary.