This is great insight. We paired 3 hours per day for about a year at the company where I work for before realizing that a more flexible approach to pairing was

This is great insight. We paired 3 hours per day for about a year at the company where I work for before realizing that a more flexible approach to pairing was needed. These days we use it as a tool for on-boarding new developers and collaborated on hard problems, but there are no minimum requirements of time. Keeps everybody happy and still encourages working together!