I don't think so, no. My experience is that mediocre and poor programmers take refuge in high-ceremony work environments like agile, where there is basically an

I don't think so, no. My experience is that mediocre and poor programmers take refuge in high-ceremony work environments like agile, where there is basically an infinite amount of non-productive "work" that can be engaged in, and no-one can criticize because they're following the process. I do think that poor developers can be taught to be better in a work environment, but it's a painful, slow process, and has to be started with an a keen devotion to the process on the part of the trainee, which if it were going to happen at all, would probably have already happened during college.