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I found it incredibly stressful to try to answer those questions before I finished. Pair programming meant I could never try anything new, because I couldn't an
by slavik81 11y ago
I found it incredibly stressful to try to answer those questions before I finished. Pair programming meant I could never try anything new, because I couldn't answer those questions immediately.
- wpietri 11y agoHuh. That hasn't been my experience. Often I've had a pair say, "Can we try something?" And I'm happy to say yes. I learned a ton that way. I'll add that when I'm just messing around with something, that's often solo coding time. E.g., trying out a new library just for the fun of it, or playing around with approaches to a problem. But for me that's throwaway code, so I don't need the quality boost or the shared understanding that comes from pairing