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Pair programming is great, but that can only happen between willing and compatible participants. As you say, it should never be imposed from 'above' to any arbi
by pyb 10y ago
Pair programming is great, but that can only happen between willing and compatible participants. As you say, it should never be imposed from 'above' to any arbitrary pair of colleagues!
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoAgreed. I 'pair program' with my consulting partner. That is, we sit in the same lab and do our own thing, coming up for air to discuss an approach or algorithm, or even to review code. But 99% of the time is spent at our own tasks. This kind of 'pair programming' works best for us.
- trevyn 10y agoThat sounds like a nice, collaborative work environment, but I would not file it under any definition of "pair programming". Edit: 99%? So you spend less than five minutes collaborating per 8-hour workday?
- wott 10y ago> 99%? So you spend less than five minutes collaborating per 8-hour workday? It sounds reasonable: 0 minute on a day, 10 mn on the next one. You can double it because the "99%" figure was dropped randomly, but that seems fair.