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Problematic pair programming
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"There's a joke that pairs, like fish and house guests, go
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rotten after three days," said Zach Brock, an engineering
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manager. Working out problems with a pairing partner can be
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a lot like working out problems with a significant other.
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During one recent rough patch, Jamie Kite, a developer, sat
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her partner down for a talk. "Hey, it feels like we're
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driving in different directions," she recalls saying. "It's
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like any relationship," Ms. Kite said. "If you don't talk
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about the problems, it's not going to work." When those
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timeouts don't solve the problem, partners can turn to
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on-staff coaches who can help with counseling. "People who
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have been pairing a while, they'll start acting like old
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married couples," said Marc Phillips, one of the coaches.
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People can be as much of a challenge as writing software.
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(Excerpted from "Computer Programmers Learn Tough Lesson in
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Sharing"; Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2012)
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