Pair programming is really interesting. I've taken several courses where there was an optional pair programming portion, and after trying it a few times, I swor

Pair programming is really interesting. I've taken several courses where there was an optional pair programming portion, and after trying it a few times, I swore it off for good. I hated pair programming because every person I worked with just sat there (without interest). Which is just stupid. But recently, I did some pair programming with folks closer to my skill level, and it was much better. I wouldn't swear by it or anything, but we were both working through a really hard problem, and it was helpful to write code together. It was slower, but I felt like I absorbed the problem quicker. Also, one tip: plug in an extra keyboard. The driver is still the driver, but if the other chimes up and thinks of a better way to write a particular piece of code, it's easier to just let them instead of having them explain it to the driver or having to switch the keyboard over or something.