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I've been working in programming for a few years and I think I really dislike Pair Programming; I understand how it is but I often find it mind-numbingly dull. I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong but I feel like as a part of a dev team tasks should be broken into discrete enough chunks that a single person can just blitz through the work... Maybe it's just me, what are y'all thoughts on the matter?

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[-] BlueBockser@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

One person doing the coding and the other just watching or doing nothing doesn't sound like pair programming to me. That's just working alone with someone else in the room, of course it's not enjoyable.

Pair programming requires a fitting task and some basic rules, most importantly that the person at the keyboard doesn't just type as they please without consulting the other person - otherwise they'll quickly be programming alone.

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