That's fair. I think the vague approach of "they were clearly lacking skills" was what triggered my response. Understandable. My comment was already getting to

That's fair. I think the vague approach of "they were clearly lacking skills" was what triggered my response. Understandable. My comment was already getting to long, and I didn't have space to explain every detail. BTW, if you feel members on your development team aren't capable of self-managing, this book is really good to help you develop those skills: http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Programmers/dp/0137081073 http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Progr... Self-management is something every programmer should have in their skill-set.