20+ year IT systems admin who recently (fall 2020) switched to a developer role. It's been an interesting ride over the last year and a half or so. Enjoying it overall.
Remote pairing is tolerable. But, there's nothing quiet like passing the keyboard back and forth in person. An ex-coworker had the IT department install two keyboards, mice, and an extra monitor that he mirrored. When we'd pair, one person sat at each keyboard/monitor and we'd just take turns writing code. He was big on TDD, so it was usually one person wrote a test, the other wrote the code, then another test and repeat. It flowed really well. I've yet to be on a remote pairing session that flowed as well as that.
It isn't quite the same, but things like VS Code Live Share can partially emulate that experience, letting you follow along and write code simultaneously.
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Remote pairing is tolerable. But, there's nothing quiet like passing the keyboard back and forth in person. An ex-coworker had the IT department install two keyboards, mice, and an extra monitor that he mirrored. When we'd pair, one person sat at each keyboard/monitor and we'd just take turns writing code. He was big on TDD, so it was usually one person wrote a test, the other wrote the code, then another test and repeat. It flowed really well. I've yet to be on a remote pairing session that flowed as well as that.
So, maybe you're on to something here. :)
It isn't quite the same, but things like VS Code Live Share can partially emulate that experience, letting you follow along and write code simultaneously.