> Is it really true that Pivotal had only n/2 workstations for the n devs? By and large yes this is true. There were some teams that experimented with odd numb

> Is it really true that Pivotal had only n/2 workstations for the n devs? By and large yes this is true. There were some teams that experimented with odd numbered sizes and others that were split remotely that required more to facilitate all pairing rotations. > How does such a wonky culture take root in a fairly large organization anyway? I suppose wonkiness is in the eye of the beholder. The company was simply built around XP, with pairing being a core part of that. I went to Pivotal (2015-2019) because I wanted among other things, to try pair programming from some of the most committed to it. In that way, it's self-selecting. It was baked in throughout the interview process. Sure, there are a lot of senior engineers who will never get on board with pairing, but there also are far fewer companies that commit to it in the same way.