Comments on: The surprising effectiveness of extreme programming http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-surprising-effectiveness-of-extreme-programming/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-surprising-effectiveness-of-extreme-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-8246 Cyde Weys Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:30:50 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/10/the-surprising-effectiveness-of-extreme-programming/#comment-8246 Oh, it's just a small IT consulting company that sells its product and services to large corporations. You haven't heard of it. Oh, it’s just a small IT consulting company that sells its product and services to large corporations. You haven’t heard of it.

]]> By: T2A` http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/09/10/the-surprising-effectiveness-of-extreme-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-8243 T2A` Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:56:06 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/10/the-surprising-effectiveness-of-extreme-programming/#comment-8243 I went through some of that with a consultant guy who was a genius. It was a lot more fun going through things together than me just slaving away, not quite sure what I was doing due to my newbness. Though it was more productive than I would have been alone, the problem is that the dude was so smart that his brains could have been put to better usage had he not been sitting there with me. It was indeed more social, more interesting, and better in just about every way. For menial tasks having two people on the same problem is a waste, but otherwise I'd say it's a pretty good deal, especially if you pair people up where one person's strengths help out another's weaknesses. I'm better at concepts and ideas than I am at actual math and detail work, whereas someone else might be good at that and lack broader comprehension, so the two of us would make for a good programming team. What company do you work for, anyway? I quit the job I mentioned above because the boss was a 'tard who also constantly wanted me to stay 12 hours for no damn reason (beyond the fact that the company was way too small for its own good -- two programmers and a consultant who came for two days a week!). Still don't know if quitting was a good idea since I miss having an income, but that's what happened, so oh well. ^__^ I went through some of that with a consultant guy who was a genius. It was a lot more fun going through things together than me just slaving away, not quite sure what I was doing due to my newbness. Though it was more productive than I would have been alone, the problem is that the dude was so smart that his brains could have been put to better usage had he not been sitting there with me. It was indeed more social, more interesting, and better in just about every way. For menial tasks having two people on the same problem is a waste, but otherwise I’d say it’s a pretty good deal, especially if you pair people up where one person’s strengths help out another’s weaknesses. I’m better at concepts and ideas than I am at actual math and detail work, whereas someone else might be good at that and lack broader comprehension, so the two of us would make for a good programming team.

What company do you work for, anyway? I quit the job I mentioned above because the boss was a ‘tard who also constantly wanted me to stay 12 hours for no damn reason (beyond the fact that the company was way too small for its own good — two programmers and a consultant who came for two days a week!). Still don’t know if quitting was a good idea since I miss having an income, but that’s what happened, so oh well. ^__^

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