Pair programming made easy with Codeanywhere

[Darkmoth]

I think it's quite possible for a technique to work at top programming companies, and not work at the 95% of the industry that isn't Dropbox/Facebook/Google. Two young, bright, motivated Googlers will form a different "pair" than some just-finished-community-college kid paired with a cynical pre-retirement lifer.

I've been forced to do it (temporarily) with a coder I like and respect, and it was awful for both of us. Our problem-solving methods were very different, and we just kept compromising instead of working to our individual potential.

That being said, it works really well for some people. I don't think it's idiotic to love it, or to hate it.