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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by asdff on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:30PM (#30535956)
I get paired programming is cool, but honestly you can do it perfectly on zoom thanks to screen sharing with multiple participants. Its easier to have their screen on your screen right next to your screen thats on their screen than to huddle together clumsily with two laptops. Sometimes I'll have "office hours" on zoom, where I will just sit in my zoom room and work on my stuff and if people want to hop in and 'tap me on the shoulder' so to speak they can do it, or I could go and hop to someone elses or send a message and see if they are free.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by compilerone on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:38PM (#30536861)
In my experience I find pair programming with collaborative tools like VSCode's "Liveshare" [], paired with audio-only call (Slack huddle, Google meet, what have you), far superior than in person pair programming.

[] https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by XorNot on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:01AM (#30538358)
I executed an entire project which was pretty much non-stop pair programming over Zoom and Teamviewer. Was the most productive I've ever been on that particular system, and trying to physically be in the same room would've only been a negative.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bckr on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:43PM (#30536051)
> you can do it perfectly on zoom

Do you experience Zoom fatigue? The sensation that, while this technology is convenient and useful, you're missing something important?

I think this whole debate is really about whether people have this sensation or not.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by watwut on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:27AM (#30538148)
No. I honestly experience relief, because I don't have to care about how my face looks like while being on meeting. I can sit comfortably. I walk around the room. Sometimes I do few push ups or squats. I make myself a coffee.

Zoom meetings are less tiring, because I dont have to care about how I look like. I can focus on content ... or not. I can make myself comfortable.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bckr on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:02AM (#30538369)
I'm jealous that you have this experience, honestly. I do the same things, but feel like a caged animal. Maybe I just need a comfier seat.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by dboreham on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:07PM (#30536656)
It's better on zoom because no neck strain trying to look at someone else's screen. And you get your own keyboard.
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