> There are people who can pair indefinitely, for years. Who don’t experience the most demanding version of it often. Whose recovery capacity comfortably outpac

> There are people who can pair indefinitely, for years. Who don’t experience the most demanding version of it often. Whose recovery capacity comfortably outpaces the demand. I've paired for years, at two companies, but I have no personal sensation of "recovery capacity", because I'm an extrovert, and pairing gives me energy, instead of draining it away. One of my biggest complaints with my current company is that pairing is never done. Extroversion is nothing but a neurological condition from birth. Pairing is awesome for some, and torture for others. Another benefit is the ability to work productively in the noisy Great Hall offices into which careless management and high office rents conspire to confine us. Instead of requiring the dead silence I need for solo concentration, I only need to be able to hear my pairing partner over the constant din of telephone calls, and reviews of last night's tacos, aisles away.