Vaguely interesting article to me. It's basically a reality check for this: http://blog.jayfields.com/2009/01/cost-of-net-negative-producing.html http://blog.ja

Vaguely interesting article to me. It's basically a reality check for this: http://blog.jayfields.com/2009/01/cost-of-net-negative-producing.html http://blog.jayfields.com/2009/01/cost-of-net-negative-produ... In short the reasons why you a good programmer can't remove all the "bad programmers" 1. Working out who is good and bad is hard 2. It would involve too much politics that you may not be good at 3. You look like a jerk if you besmirch your co-workers 4. It's easiest for companies to hire based on "years of experience"