PairProgramming at home together with a visiting programmer.
Benefits from PairProgramming at home:
- You don't get lonely, which is often the main problem for telecommuters.
- Other people (wife, kids, visitors ...) are less inclined to disturb you when you are two working together.
- It feels more like "real work", so you are less inclined to be disturbed by other domestic tasks.
- It is easier to set and follow a time schedule (to avoid over/underwork)
- If you find a partner living close to you transportation time/cost will be low/nonexistant.
- Rotating which home will be used as workplace creates a change of scenery.
- You may encounter an opportunity to have a dinner with the family of your co-worker.
Could maybe be called ExtremeTelecommuting?
You could imagine that a small team of programmers, living close to each other, could create a VirtualCompany and have all the benefits of both PairProgramming and TeleCommuting.
Is there a way to pair program over the internet? Ideas? Suggestions?
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