Stupid and lazy people are just a drain on your company. But stupid and industrious people are far more dangerous, they may put in enough work to produce value but it may come at an even greater cost in technical debt.

To quote from this Glenn Vanderberg blog post: http://www.vanderburg.org/Blog/Software/Development/sharp_an...

"Weak developers will move heaven and earth to do the wrong thing. You can’t limit the damage they do by locking up the sharp tools. They’ll just swing the blunt tools harder."

ranking people based on their roles in a company is a poor perspective. respecting everyone and not putting them in tidy (and possibly insulting) boxes is a better perspective.