A new rover with the recently invented instruments I hope. And maybe new experiments. Finding life in Mars, $4million/rover/year. Introducing life on mars, priceless.

Or it may be Sarah Palin herself...

Very true. And instead of finding faults of this 'Josh', management should look at themselves because they are part of the problem. I believe in small sub-groups and code ownership in software projects. Only then you can truly have a 'team' in software development.

I totally agree with you. That's the first thing that came to my mind that the poster is just plain jealous that he doesn't have the skills. As for me, when I meet people like 'Josh', I try to learn and better my self. Make this person my bar and realize that even after the many software you have written, I still can learn more.

Depends really on the type of software you write. Sometimes 'mediocre' just wouldn't do. :-) And also, I think these bad side is not the rule for really brilliant coders, but the exception. Most just ignore the noise and let their work do the talking.

I think they call it a 'second chance'.. much like ex-convicts should have also, provided they have paid for those previous mistakes.