Heh, i'm in similar situation and considering such a solution. I have two quite poor and messy programmers, but they have been with the company since the beginn

Heh, i'm in similar situation and considering such a solution. I have two quite poor and messy programmers, but they have been with the company since the beginning and probably nobody will consider letting them go. Besides, i'm not really interested in firing anybody - would prefer to concentrate on cooperation and getting the work done as a team. But with such people i can't guarantee anything will be done on time, and they tend to keep themselves busy just trying to fix the mess they created so far (and inevitably creating some more mess in the process). Sometimes i can't stop thinking the project is doomed and i can't really do anything about it.