Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
by stuckinhell on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:56AM
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I've done pair programming as the senior developer often at a previous job.
It sucked.
I paired with a young woman fresh out of a boot camp, and at first I was excited to do it because it was nice to have another woman developer. Yet she was just so threatened by me or insecure about her experience, she started gossip about me. Just awful
Another time it was with a mid level middle aged man, he just had a huge ego and felt the need to question single thing I did.
Honestly the best pair programming experience I had was with a "sports bro" type. I always wonder if it was due to fact coaches are a big deal in sports.
I refuse to do pair programming these days if I can avoid it.
I paired with a young woman fresh out of a boot camp, and at first I was excited to do it because it was nice to have another woman developer. Yet she was just so threatened by me or insecure about her experience, she started gossip about me. Just awful
Another time it was with a mid level middle aged man, he just had a huge ego and felt the need to question single thing I did.
Honestly the best pair programming experience I had was with a "sports bro" type. I always wonder if it was due to fact coaches are a big deal in sports.
I refuse to do pair programming these days if I can avoid it.