In the contracting world, I get one of these people every year or so. They jump onto projects often, are discovered, given warnings and improvement plans, and u

In the contracting world, I get one of these people every year or so. They jump onto projects often, are discovered, given warnings and improvement plans, and usually find another project before they're actually fired. Their big asset is that they can be billed at high rates but only get paid minimally themselves, allowing the contractor to pocket large profits. The bean counters love to hire them, and just expect the good developers to carry the dead weight. Not to appear to be misogynistic, but 3 out 4 of these, at least in my experience, are women. Usually they can coast far longer than most men because there is always one easily manipulated male dev on the team who gets suckered into helping her do all her work. I was that dev once early in my career.