Yeah but just about nowhere did XP properly, though many places claimed to in the late 90s, early 00s whenever it was the extreme hotness. It was one of those p

Yeah but just about nowhere did XP properly, though many places claimed to in the late 90s, early 00s whenever it was the extreme hotness. It was one of those peculiar cults everyone talked up, but just about no one understood or had even read the book. One place I was at did everything, including onsite customer etc. In context pair programming managed to stay enjoyable for the entire time and they didn't seem to have high turnover. It actually kept on feeling more productive. I was there around a year (contract). I never encountered it again so can't comment if that was sheer luck or the people (or project) they happened to have... There was a spell when every job ad seemed to want to claim it, but basically picked pair programming and two to five of the bullets and handwaved or ignored the rest. Or merged it with plenty of old school waterfall project management, Gantt charts, random bits of UML or some other tangent. I guess I'm not surprised so many ended up hating everything around XP and pair programming as it took many forms. It made for a few surreal interviews after that one encounter of an employer who'd adopted it fully and properly.