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Re:The mortifying ordeal of pairing all day by varispeed on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:19AM (#27106910)
In many organisations pairing is encouraged, but not mandated - it means that if developer is stuck with something they ask if someone is available to pair to unblock them. Usually they'll find a person who loves pairing and get things done. In rare cases the PM would tell a developer experienced in the domain, to stop what they are doing and help. That's not too bad provided the interrupted developer gets an extra time added for context switching.
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Re:The mortifying ordeal of pairing all day by MockObject on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:33AM (#27107162)
I think in every company, it is encouraged to help someone who is stuck. By "pairing", I mean that a ticket is assigned to a pair, who complete it as a pair. I've never seen a place where some tickets are done by pairs but others, solo. In my experience, if management isn't fully committed to the process of pairing, then they have a hard time understanding how pairing isn't wasting labor.
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Re:The mortifying ordeal of pairing all day by varispeed on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:54AM (#27107440)
I see. I tend to avoid organisations that have such culture - I tried this and for me it is too mentally exhausting to constantly be paired with someone.
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