About this Episode
Recorded Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Hosts: John Sextro, Amos King, and Craig Buchek
Pair Switching
- Pairing, in general
- How to pair switch
- Using a “Pair-a-mid” to track pairings
- How to rotate pairs
- Length of pair sessions
- 1 week, 2 day, 1 day, half-day, 2 hours, 1 hour, 15 mins
- Benefits of short pairing sessions
- Pitfalls of long pairing sessions
- When to switch
- What should trigger a pair switch
- Time, using a timer
- Story completion
- Concerns about context switches
- Insights on the C2Wiki
Picks of the Show
Craig (@CraigBuchek)
Amos (@adkron)
John (@jcsextro)
- Bitcoin
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pair Programmers, published article, by Me
- The Hour of Code 2013