[cpayne624]

This is the typical response to pair push-back. And I have no interest in convincing anyone why it is not for me. I will interview.

[brightball]

That's the thing...it's the typical response because it's true...

If pairing periodically is enough of a burden on you that it would cause you to interview elsewhere, it really seems like you're overthinking the impact.

[cpayne624]

You’re being dogmatic. Assuming that something works for everyone because it works for you, and if they say it doesn’t, it’s because they “don’t understand,” is wholly closed-minded.

[rboyd]

His point is that he doesn't want to work in your environment of programming to the least common denominator. It's perfectly reasonable that you want to build a team of interchangeable parts. It's also reasonable that most expert programmers don't want to be tethered to mediocrity.

[wolco]

Why not hire senior developers who do not need to pairup in order to read and understand the changes happening in the codebase?