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I’d never heard of mobbing. That’s an awesome idea.
by mrfusion 5y ago
I’d never heard of mobbing. That’s an awesome idea.
- throw1234651234 5y agoI am yet to see pairing work effectively for more than 20-30 minutes at a time, on a very specific problem, that really needs shared expertise. "Mobbing" sounds horrible 99% of the time.
- benji-york 5y agoI've done it a bit in a professional environment and it worked well. I wouldn't want to do it 100% of the time, but it has its uses.
- dagw 5y ago"Mobbing" means "bullying" in Swedish, which initially confused me greatly.
- afarrell 5y ago“Ensemble programming” is a slightly better name for it.
- lexicality 5y agoIt's not really a positive term in English either, I think the name's supposed to be a joke
- scollet 5y agoI didn't know it had a negative connotation.
- edoceo 5y agoMy team calls it Swarming. We Swarm up on a problem like a bunch of hornets, together we hammer that shit from many angles, heavyweight team and then boom, it's done. I think I got it from TPS