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> I don't understand why you'd do pair programming with two new hires! I don't know or think if it's the most effective way but it sure did help me build confi
by wreath 5y ago
> I don't understand why you'd do pair programming with two new hires!
I don't know or think if it's the most effective way but it sure did help me build confidence approaching a large and old codebase with another new hire. I saw I wasn't the only one struggling and we were helping each other out. Maybe I just clicked with the fella, because we ended up having a great work relationship building awesome shit and friendship too. I dunno, maybe it was effective after all.
- jrochkind1 5y agoThat does make sense! Really it seems like the best way to do pairing is to switch up who's pairing with who often, not stick people together permanently. Because there are different advantages to different pairings. And an advantage to the act of switching it up itself, of developing common shared knowledge across the whole field.
- gkop 5y agoOh yea. Does anyone advocate for tied-at-the-yoke pairs other than consulting firms that like the billable hours?