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Did anyone ever say it was?

• city41 10y ago
  I'm the author of the blog post and I now see I didn't make the context clear enough. I wrote that post after leaving a company that 100% pair programmed all the time. I'll update the blog post next time I get a chance.
  • cerrelio 10y ago
    Do you find that your programming habits are altered after having programmed in that configuration for a time? I ask this because the only other programmer (the team lead at my current company) I've known who did pair programming seems to be "stuck" in that mode. He can only work with one other programmer on a single project. It feel it makes him a terrible team lead.
    • city41 10y ago
      I really hate pair programming, so I've very easily switched away from it. With that said, even with my hatred for it I can recognize when it has value. We never pair program at my current job, and the truth is there are times we should. Not sure about your team lead, it doesn't match my experience.
• kafkaesq 10y ago
  Unfortunately, yes. The fad seems to have crested, but for a goodly while both Pair Programming and TDD were basically touted as cure-alls, by certain people.