You can't just pretend these people don't exist. The bulk of the developer population are what could be called mediocre. Heck, I'd class myself as fairly medioc

You can't just pretend these people don't exist. The bulk of the developer population are what could be called mediocre. Heck, I'd class myself as fairly mediocre. You will end up working with these people or inheriting a project that was started by one of then sooner or later.