Comments on: Backseat Driving in Pair Programming http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: James Carr » Blog Archive » How To Not Fit In On A Development Team http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-83484 James Carr » Blog Archive » How To Not Fit In On A Development Team Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:48:00 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-83484 [...] you pair program, take turns as navigator and driver. And don’t backseat drive! Remember: it’s pair programming, not “just sit there and watch what I [...] [...] you pair program, take turns as navigator and driver. And don’t backseat drive! Remember: it’s pair programming, not “just sit there and watch what I [...]

]]> By: Jim Noel http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6358 Jim Noel Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:37:23 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6358 James, Great example on how not to pair program. I have sadly witnessed the style of pair programming you describe. All too often we waste opportunities to grow ourselves, our teammates, and deliver greater value to our customers under the threat of time delivery or pressures. Changing our behavior in relationship to time will be the ultimate success in achieving greatness. When we accept that going slower today to build expert knowledge will speed us up exponentially tomorrow. Then we will have achieved nirvana. James,

Great example on how not to pair program. I have sadly witnessed the style of pair programming you describe. All too often we waste opportunities to grow ourselves, our teammates, and deliver greater value to our customers under the threat of time delivery or pressures. Changing our behavior in relationship to time will be the ultimate success in achieving greatness. When we accept that going slower today to build expert knowledge will speed us up exponentially tomorrow. Then we will have achieved nirvana.

]]> By: Nicole Safley http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6309 Nicole Safley Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:35:36 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6309 James, This is a great post. Glad to have you on our team. Hope you'll bring more of these ideas to our pairings. I've been a backseat driver and have MANY times been driven. Great Job. Nicole James,
This is a great post. Glad to have you on our team. Hope you’ll bring more of these ideas to our pairings. I’ve been a backseat driver and have MANY times been driven.

Great Job.
Nicole

]]> By: Chris Harbert http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6307 Chris Harbert Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:15:50 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6307 I agree that you don't want to do this all the time, but when I'm learning a new process, I find "Back Seat Driving" helps me learn faster than I would if my partner (1) didn't give any guidance or (2) did all the driving and only had me watch. So I think it's an ok behavior, we just need to be careful how we do it. I agree that you don’t want to do this all the time, but when I’m learning a new process, I find “Back Seat Driving” helps me learn faster than I would if my partner (1) didn’t give any guidance or (2) did all the driving and only had me watch. So I think it’s an ok behavior, we just need to be careful how we do it.

]]> By: Low Country Software Ramblings » Around the Net #4 http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6304 Low Country Software Ramblings » Around the Net #4 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:50:01 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6304 [...] James Carr talks about backseat driving when pair programming.  While I’ve had my share of backseat drivers, it wasn’t while pair programming… [...] [...] James Carr talks about backseat driving when pair programming.  While I’ve had my share of backseat drivers, it wasn’t while pair programming… [...]

]]> By: Andreas Gut http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6290 Andreas Gut Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:41:33 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6290 Hi James! You are describing how PP is often practiced. Sometimes (that's my experience) the so-called expert expects that the novice should have the same level of knowledge and thus he is kind of impatient when striving for a solution. Andreas Hi James! You are describing how PP is often practiced. Sometimes (that’s my experience) the so-called expert expects that the novice should have the same level of knowledge and thus he is kind of impatient when striving for a solution. Andreas

]]> By: Gary Brown http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/03/14/backseat-driving-in-pair-programming/#comment-6257 Gary Brown Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:05:44 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=59#comment-6257 Good stuff, James! You should share this with the folks at work. GB. Good stuff, James! You should share this with the folks at work.

GB.

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