I worked for a shop that adopted the Pivotal model and I can say that it was hell on Earth. If you check the research data it is obvious that pairing is only ef

I worked for a shop that adopted the Pivotal model and I can say that it was hell on Earth. If you check the research data it is obvious that pairing is only effective in some very special cases like: knowledge transfer for new teammates, onboarding people, getting juniors up to speed, solving __very__ complex problems. For your everyday work it is not only draining, but also a waste of both of your time. What makes it even worse is that your downtime will double because of pee breaks, coffee breaks, lunch breaks. People rarely feel the need to go at the same time. Nowadays if I'm interviewing somewhere one of my first questions if they have adopted this madness or not.