Stack Overflow HQ is in NYC, one of the most diverse population centres in the USA and the world. In my daily work at Pivotal Labs, also in NYC, I am embedded

Stack Overflow HQ is in NYC, one of the most diverse population centres in the USA and the world. In my daily work at Pivotal Labs, also in NYC, I am embedded in a TDD, pair-all-the-time team. But I also frequently interact with the fully distributed Spring development team via internal Slack channels. I don't think one approach strictly dominates the other in general. It's contextual. For example: I have ADHD. I have discovered that I actively dislike working alone. Pairing is a godsend for me. Sure, remote pairing is possible. We have one Pivot with around ten thousand hours of remote pairing experience, and others with hundreds to thousands of hours of remote pairing experience. For most cases it is not as good as a single team in a single location and most of our remote pivots spend time in our offices.