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Man, I wish we had similar culture. But multinational corp where IT is viewed as purely an annoying cost centre, every day is meeting day. On top of 100% projec

Man, I wish we had similar culture. But multinational corp where IT is viewed as purely an annoying cost centre, every day is meeting day. On top of 100% project allocation (3 in parallel), which run side by side various maintenance/troubleshooting/support roles. On top of that any production issue takes first seat. I skip what I can, but there are limits. Recently tried pair programming, it was a joke. Or I wish it was, rather a frustrating experience for both parties. Maybe one day virtual reality will take it closer to real experience, but we were far away from that. I hate my work now more than ever. Meetings certainly don't help. Kind of death by thousand cuts.

derwiki 6y ago
If you haven't tried Live Share in VS Code, it might be worth a shot. It's not the same as a "perfect" pairing set up but it's certainly better than two people sitting at one keyboard/mouse or screensharing over Zoom.
jackcviers3 6y ago
If you do TDD, give ping pong pairing a try. One person writes a test, the other implements the test. Commit between non-passing test and passing implementation. Switch places, repeat. In this way you don't have to rely on controlling the ux of a remote machine and you can just rely on the screen sharing video and voice communication.