- Pair programming improves code quality, but there are better reasons to do it than this.
- It bakes collaboration into the core of company culture. That's why we only hire people that communicate well and are fun to work with.
- Pairing accelerates new developers, they see how senior devs goes through the entire workflow. Senior devs benefit as well, teaching a subject makes you improve
- Pairing places knowledge transfer at the center of the development workflow. You share domain knowledge, programming tricks, command line shortcuts etc.
- In short, pairing is an investment. You're less productive today, but it pays off in the long haul.
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