Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal Labs

Re:Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal ... by collyw on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:15PM (#6928828)

Interesting.

I could see pair programming being a good fit where you have say one backed developer, and one front end, and you want both to be able to code both.

Is there anywhere to read more about practices, or is it simply a matter of sitting down side by side? I have done that with less able developers, but it often feels like I am doing the work, and they are watching, whereas I imagine pair programming to be more interactive.

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Re:Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal ... by jkresner on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:54PM (#6929156)

Some great resources:

http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ http://remotepairprogramming.com/

Best to get into it...

Free communities: https://plus.google.com/communities/100279740984094902927 http://www.meetup.com/remote-pair-programming/

First Time Paid experiences through AirPair: http://www.airpair.com/php/troubleshooting-chris-christoff http://www.airpair.com/angularjs/angularjs-problem-solving-d...

Tons more: http://www.airpair.com/customers

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Re:Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal ... by thirdtruck on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:40PM (#6929043)

This. My team's almost entirely new to the code base (hired at the same time) and we're split along front- and back-end skill sets. We regularly pair with the explicit purpose of sharing knowledge.

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Re:Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal ... by aerosmile on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:51PM (#6929125)

I found this to be a good resource: jamesshore.com/Agile-Book/pair_programming.html

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