Pair programming

I've come to the end of my patience with pair programming.

I can't say whether or not pairing is a good idea in general, for me personally it's a bad idea.

I could be glib and say watching someone else program is about as satisfying as watching someone else have sex... but there's more to it than that.

The communication pairing requires is antagonistic to the deep thinking that programming generally requires (for me). I suppose it's another symptom of the 'multi-tasking' attitude that gives most things (driving, conversation, programming, thinking) such short shrift.

Anyway, on to the next silver bullet! :-)