Yes, there’s a depressing implication: some people will never be good at what they’re trying to do. In other words, the guys or gals writing Daily WTF code samples don’t need to be trained to be better-- they need to be trained in order to recognize that they should probably find a new line of work.
I guess this is where good management comes in, as they should be A) able to recognize people who aren’t performing and B) have the power to do something about it (either education or dismissal).
I think that’s why Alex P. refuses to post code on a href="http://www.thedailywtf.com"http://www.thedailywtf.com/a from students, since they are clearly educating themselves. Real WTFs are from “professional” programmers who got paid to write that stuff!