pair programming went out of fashion for the same reason foosball tables in the office did: it was a dumb idea somebody concocted in the haze of the dotcom boom

pair programming went out of fashion for the same reason foosball tables in the office did: it was a dumb idea somebody concocted in the haze of the dotcom boom. reality eventually reasserted itself, we grew up, and learned to work like professionals. if the only way to keep your developers busy and not goofing off is to have someone looking over their shoulder, then you, my misguided friend, fail as a leader.