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Pairing and being in the zone (Score:1)
Funny, but my experience is pretty much the opposite. Pairing helps me stay in the zone (okay, Pairing and TDD in combination). Pairing because I get burned out less, if I get tired my pair will start driving. TDD because it makes getting back into the zone very easy because I know exactly what I was doing - making the next test pass.
These are really interesting posts BTW. Have you considered posting them to the extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com list too? I'm sure people would find it interesting, and yo
Re:Pairing and being in the zone (Score:2)
I started to write a long reply but I realized that some of what I wanted to say would be inappropriate for a public journal. Suffice it to say that there are other issues and not being able to discuss all of them openly distorts what's going on. I tried to be fair in the parent post, but there's only so much I can do.
And I'm glad you find the posts interesting. I hadn't thought about posting this the yahoogroups list. I'm afraid of being burned at the stake :)
Re:Pairing and being in the zone (Score:1)
I, for one, was a little bit shocked when I looked at the parent post and saw how long it was, but it turned out to be a very good reading :-) Thanks :-)
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