Pairing is Caring

As presented at Ancient City Ruby Conference 2013 in St. Augustine Florida.

Transcript

1. Pairing is Caring
   Avdi Grimm (@avdi)
   

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2. Have you ever...
   

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3. ...been new to
   Ruby/Rails...
   

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4. ...and felt a little lost?
   

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5. ...been a sole or remote
   developer...
   

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6. ...and felt isolated?
   

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7. ...used a new library or
   technique...
   

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8. ...only to realize six months later
   that you did it all wrong?
   

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9. ...felt like other developers are a
   little crazy?
   

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10. ...wanted to do more for
    the community?
    

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11. A Suggestion
    

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12. Pair Programming
    

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13. Got that t-shirt
    already?
    

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14. Pair widely, pair often
    

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15. Pair Remotely
    

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16. Reasons to Pair
    

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17. Instant Code Review
    "I was still on the fence until we had a couple
    weeks at work where only one of us was there...
    and I lost 2.5 hours on a typo"
    -- Steve Jackson
    

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18. Sanity Check
    "If you can convince your pairing partner that
    breaking a rule would produce better code,
    have at it."
    -- Sandi Metz
    

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19. Moral Support
    

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20. Talk to the Duck
    

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21. Stay on target
    

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22. Fresh Perspective
    

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23. The Experiment
    

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24. Consulting Pair-
    Programmer
    

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25. 60+ Partners
    250+ Hours
    

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26. Mostly paid sessions
    

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27. 1 OSS Session/week
    

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28. This was my job
    (And would still be, if not for RubyTapas)
    

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29. Reasons for Sessions
    

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30. Newbies
    

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31. Help with a specific
    problem
    

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32. Most commonly of all...
    

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33. "Help me grok TDD"
    

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34. The testing gap
    

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35. Crossing the gap
    

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36. Mechanics
    

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37. 2 hours
    

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38. Scheduled in advance
    

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39. Work on their project
    

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40. When you care, it's easier to learn
    

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41. Hardware
    

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42. Headset
    

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43. Separate Comms
    

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44. Software
    I used:
    ● YuuGuu (screensharing)
    ● Skype/GTalk/Google Hangouts (voice/video)
    Also look at:
    ● Tmux: tmux.sourceforge.net/
    ● Wemux: github.com/zolrath/wemux
    ● Tweemux: github.
    com/PeopleAdmin/tweemux
    ● ls-pair: github.com/livingsocial/ls-pair
    ● Screenhero: screenhero.com/
    ● etc...
    

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45. Getting Oriented
    

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46. Taking Notes
    

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47. Navigator/Driver
    

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48. Why should you care?
    

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49. Because you should do it
    too!
    

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50. Newbie?
    Learn how others think through problems
    

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51. Isolated?
    Get validated and re-energized
    

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52. New tech?
    Get started on the right foot
    

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53. Cynical?
    Feel better about yourself and others
    

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55. The Pairing Ecosystem
    

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56. Genetic Diversity
    

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57. Memetic Diversity
    

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58. Pair widely, pair often
    

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59. The tech is a solved
    problem
    

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60. Who would you like to
    pair with?
    

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61. Just ask
    

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62. Would you pair with a
    stranger?
    

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63. A challenge
    

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64. Pair with someone new
    once a month
    

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65. Put out a welcome mat
    

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66. http://pairprogramwith.me
    

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68. Link it to a way to contact you
    
    or...
    

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69. Let the world know
    

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70. "Want to
    #pairwithme? Get
    in touch!"
    

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71. "Just finished
    #pairingwith
    @avdi!"
    

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72. Let's make our community
    healthier and happier
    

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73. Happy hacking!
    

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74. Questions?
    

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75. "Star Wars" © Lucasfilm
    "Fresh Perspective" cartoon from "Thinking Forth" by Leo Brodie (Creative Commons, attribution-
    NonComercial-ShareAlike 2.0)
    "To the Faithful Departed" cover art © Island Records
    "Duty Calls" from XKCD by Randall Munroe (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5
    License)
    "Labyrinth" © TriStar Pictures
    "The Matrix" © Warner Bros
    Credits
    

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