Huh. During my undergrad, one of the most time-consuming courses was almost entirely pair programming. Having another person there to pull you back on track whe

Huh. During my undergrad, one of the most time-consuming courses was almost entirely pair programming. Having another person there to pull you back on track when you get distracted, and vice versa, was definitely a productivity improvement. Also less time wasted going down the wrong rabbit hole. The chance that one of us was feeling motivated to put in the work to deal with that corner case is higher than the same chance for either of us individually. Though I guess it depends if the distracted person is more able to derail the other person, vs being pulled back on track.