Absolutely, even if that person is just there to listen. I often find that just the process of explaining a problem with spoken words forces me to think about

Absolutely, even if that person is just there to listen. I often find that just the process of explaining a problem with spoken words forces me to think about it in a different way. Sometimes I even talk through a problem with my non-programmer girlfriend. She's nice enough to listen, but doesn't really understand what I am talking about. It just doesn't really matter though because often I don't need another persons perspective I just need to talk through the problem which allows me to come up with a different angle of attack.