but emotionally it would seriously piss me off That is why choices like that should be left to project managers. As someone who is coding less and managing mor

but emotionally it would seriously piss me off That is why choices like that should be left to project managers. As someone who is coding less and managing more these days, I have none of that ego left. If I could hire someone twice as good as me I would do so in a heart beat[1] and then go home and celebrate my great luck. [1] Assuming they aren't an asshole etc. etc.