Lots of good things in this thread so far! I can't offer a guaranteed solution of course. When I get into this situation, I have always found that communication is key. I would also suggest that face-to-face or at least voice-to-voice communication between the 3 parties is key. What I see likely has happened here is that your manager has inadvertently given you one direction ("I need something working in 4 hours"), and your team lead a different direction (something like "It is your responsibility to make sure the code is solid and maintainable"). Each request in and of itself is reasonable. However, taken together, they are sort of at odds with each other. I am guessing that neither of them has realized this. So a quick conversation with both of them will likely help.
Another thing that I have found has helped hugely with these situations is iterative development. Sure, get something done and working in the 4 hours required by your manager. Let your team lead know that this is your first goal and is your priority and that it needs to go through. Then iterate once or twice more to fix bugs and clean up the code styles.
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Lots of good things in this thread so far! I can't offer a guaranteed solution of course. When I get into this situation, I have always found that communication is key. I would also suggest that face-to-face or at least voice-to-voice communication between the 3 parties is key. What I see likely has happened here is that your manager has inadvertently given you one direction ("I need something working in 4 hours"), and your team lead a different direction (something like "It is your responsibility to make sure the code is solid and maintainable"). Each request in and of itself is reasonable. However, taken together, they are sort of at odds with each other. I am guessing that neither of them has realized this. So a quick conversation with both of them will likely help.
Another thing that I have found has helped hugely with these situations is iterative development. Sure, get something done and working in the 4 hours required by your manager. Let your team lead know that this is your first goal and is your priority and that it needs to go through. Then iterate once or twice more to fix bugs and clean up the code styles.