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> ’s so much easier to be sitting next to someone, pointing at their monitor, and discussing what and why you are doing something. Instead, you need to hop on a
by tomp 3y ago
> ’s so much easier to be sitting next to someone, pointing at their monitor, and discussing what and why you are doing something. Instead, you need to hop on a call and awkwardly screen share on a call or write out paragraphs of text to impart the knowledge
For me, it's the exact opposite.
Before the pandemic, I always found the practice (and even the idea!) of "pairing" quite off-putting. You're standing behind someone, breathing in their body odor, awkwardly sweating next to each other, bending over if you want to type something... a really weird experience.
Remotely, none of those apply! You each get your own keyboard, your own screen, your own mouse. Both of you are 100% comfortable in your own environment. Using decent software helps as well, I recommend Tuple which makes sharing the mouse & keyboard seamless.
- throwaway22032 3y agoNormal people get showers and wear deodorant dude. How do you feel about sitting next to someone at a bar?
- kcatskcolbdi 3y agoI'm struggling to identify how it's not glaringly self-evident that the person you're replying to would not enjoy sitting next to people at bars.
- throwaway22032 3y agoHa, fair.
- jen20 3y agoAt least not people incapable of donning deodorant and a fresh shirt. One would hope the bartender would solve that problem too though.
- tomp 3y agoI'm guessing you've never actually spent 8 hours or so in a stuffy office doing hard/stressful work with people who also take walks (e.g. to go get lunch and get back to the office in 30 allotted minutes). Also some people wear too much deodorant. I agree, none of this is an issue if working with clean, civilised people... a few feet away. It can quickly become uncomfortable if you're too close to each other.
- twic 3y agoPair programming doesn't involve anyone standing behind anyone else or bending over. I think you're describing a sort of "hanging around and kind of doing some programming together", which is probably a more common practice than pair programming, and a rather under-documented one!
- CraigJPerry 3y agoYou can just plug 2 keyboards and two mice into a pc for in person pairing