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For the past 3 months, I've been consistently pair-programming with my CTO.
Here's how it started, the progress, and what I've learnt along the way.
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I'd always been vaguely interested in pairing, but it wasn't something we really did in my first job.
My interest was piqued by this (oh so timely!) tweet from James, a week before I started my new
In my onboarding, I mentioned this to my CTO and he was open to giving it a go.
We decided to incorporate it into our workflow and agreed to slack each other whenever we wanted to pair.
However, this did not go to plan.
3/13
Neither of us were in the habit of pairing and honestly, I had so much imposter syndrome around being hired that I was hesitant to ask because I didn't want to reveal how "terrible" I was.
(I moved from a largely HTML/CSS role to a full-blown React/Redux environment.)
4/13
Two weeks went by with little pairing.
In my week three one-to-one, I finally mentioned my struggles with the massive codebase & the panic I was feeling.
My CTO immediately came up with a game-plan, and we formally scheduled two weekly pairing sessions henceforth.
5/13
Here's how it started, the progress, and what I've learnt along the way.
🧵
I'd always been vaguely interested in pairing, but it wasn't something we really did in my first job.
My interest was piqued by this (oh so timely!) tweet from James, a week before I started my new
1.5 years into my dev career and I think the most beneficial ritual I've committed to is frequent pair programming with a senior I jive with.
— James Tucker (@tucker_dev) October 6, 2020
In my onboarding, I mentioned this to my CTO and he was open to giving it a go.
We decided to incorporate it into our workflow and agreed to slack each other whenever we wanted to pair.
However, this did not go to plan.
3/13
Neither of us were in the habit of pairing and honestly, I had so much imposter syndrome around being hired that I was hesitant to ask because I didn't want to reveal how "terrible" I was.
(I moved from a largely HTML/CSS role to a full-blown React/Redux environment.)
4/13
Two weeks went by with little pairing.
In my week three one-to-one, I finally mentioned my struggles with the massive codebase & the panic I was feeling.
My CTO immediately came up with a game-plan, and we formally scheduled two weekly pairing sessions henceforth.
5/13