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Why Interaction Degrades on Dev Teams
- roginc 14y agoAnyone out there feel this might be a matter of unintentional discrimination?
- logn 14y agoNot legally in the US as only the explicitly named groups in law are protected. (But I do think that there's discrimination against socially awkward people--it's almost inherent in the term. However, I think this is all driven by management doing whatever they think will work to drive results and developers happily accepting the BS.)
- eplanit 14y ago“The best development teams are highly collaborative. They religiously pair program 100% of the time, they work on site in open floor plans, they are constantly communicating. These super teams will run circles around stereotypical anti-social types who lock themselves away to do their work alone.” Says who? No citation for the quote, and the quote itself is an evidence-free assertion (a.k.a. B.S.). I actually agree with the conclusion of the posting that "pairing" is only appropriate for certain personality types or skill level.
- roginc 14y agoThe quote was a compilation of what I had heard from various people who positioned themselves as experts. Thanks for the feedback BTW.
- jmspring 14y agoThere are people that get the Agile buzz. They take the word of whatever source imparted the wisdom as gospel and try and use it as a hammer in every situation. The reality is, people, projects, and situations differ. Smart people and groups evaluate these additional approaches like any other tool - can it bring value? The exact answer to that is rarely the same for any two individuals or groups.
- eplanit 14y agoThank you for the clarification. Yes, that makes sense -- you were hearing from the disciples of Agile. I think you observed and concluded wisely.
- codeonfire 14y agoMostly says small cabals of people trying to boost the image of their group. Bob says Fred is awesome, Fred says Mike is awesome, Mike says Bob is awesome. Smart people review code and judge for themselves.
- chris_mahan 14y agoI do my best work (code|writing) when there is absolutely nobody around me.
- dvhh 14y ago"Best" is highly subjective, as you can always write better code. But I can somehow agree that unwanted noise is an unneeded distraction while coding. Of course the subject of headphone in a workplace is always a touchy subject, but they are sometime necessary.
- chris_mahan 14y agoBest in the sense of my personal work. I am absolutely not saying my best wok is better than anybody else's.
- willtheperson 14y agoI love collaboration while planning and talking about how / why to implement something; however, when I want to actually build that idea, I'm typically much faster when I just throw on some headphones and go for it. Admittedly, I've never pair programmed. Sounds like two bros writing a screenplay in a coffee shop and high-fiving over every rad idea they jam on.
- ccontrast 14y agoI see pair programming as a fantastic way to learn - from what I've experienced, though, it's not an ideal way to work through a project in its entirety.