My mode is either driving and listening to advice or watching and trying to spot things the driver missed. Occasionally I do side-work if Im not driving - e.g.

My mode is either driving and listening to advice or watching and trying to spot things the driver missed. Occasionally I do side-work if Im not driving - e.g. look something up, message devops, a very small PR etc. so the driver can maintain focus. I find it to be much more effective that working alone simply because so much stuff that would take me 20 minutes to to go down a rabbit hole ends up being caught by an extra pair of eyes in 4 seconds.