Comment by jsbg
6 hours ago
Everyone inherently knows this, that's why they reach out to others when stuck on a bug (see also rubber-ducking). But why is it so hard to convince individuals and organizations of the benefits of pair programming?
6 hours ago
Everyone inherently knows this, that's why they reach out to others when stuck on a bug (see also rubber-ducking). But why is it so hard to convince individuals and organizations of the benefits of pair programming?
rubber-ducking and pair programming have wildly different investment costs
Are you saying the reason people don't like pair programming is because it's considered more expensive than it's worth?
Doing pair programming well is a skill you have to learn from someone.
Putting two regular programmers together in front of a computer will typically annoy both and not accomplish much.
I was fortunate to learn from experienced people, and I've had very good experiences with it.