I've had to fire people pretty young too (I think I was 20, but I'm not 100% sure). It is hard, but at the end of the day, nobody likes doing a shitty job. Get

I've had to fire people pretty young too (I think I was 20, but I'm not 100% sure). It is hard, but at the end of the day, nobody likes doing a shitty job. Get them out the door immediately and don't give them a chance to finish something. Assure them that you will format their computer and not look at their personal files they had on it, and have security ready with a bankers box. Make sure you tell them why they are being let go but also focus on your own personal failure to fix it or make it work (because lets face it, you are failing right now if you want to fire 80% of people). Then get on with life. Be kind and fix problems, but stop getting pushed around. Stop trying to do hero-coding, if you are a manager that should be eating up at least 50% of your time, not programming.