Pair programming is a social event and should be employed when you want to have fun with your coworkers while doing work. As such pair programming is amazing. S

Pair programming is a social event and should be employed when you want to have fun with your coworkers while doing work. As such pair programming is amazing. Sure you might write worse code and give/receive worse feedback but that is not the point. If you have fun with your coworkers while doing work, I would call that a net benefit.