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I don't mean to be flip, but following this discussion it seems to me that the bottom line is that pair programming (or any other technique) works when it works but isn't guaranteed to work every time. Programming is still more of an art than a science,
despite all the efforts to turn it into one. Even if you are essentially assembling programs out of components, for any reasonably complex system you're building a sculpture more than assembling a car. Some people are good at it, and some aren't. Some
people work better in pairs, and some don't. Some like being part of a group; some prefer to be loners.

It's kind of a challenge to manage a bunch of artists, so especially in larger shops there's a great pressure to figure out some method or technique that will help speed up production and/or improve quality. Since no universally effective technique
exists, new ideas (and sometimes old ideas dressed up in new suits) continue to be trotted out, and since there is money to be made by touting the Next Big Thing there is always a Next Big Thing. That's not to say that these things are ineffective --
they work very well for some people, and some shops have certainly improved by adopting this method or that. But they don't work for everyone, which simply sets the scene for the next one coming along ....


Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I really meant ego in the sense of being open to doing something in a
different way, or listening to a different approach, or even being
able to accept that their might be a bug in your code. A strong ago is
not an impediment to this, it's probably a virtue.

I also happen to think bringing some ego to the table is a good thing.


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