Do you plan on attending the San Diego Code Camp the weekend of June 26-27?  If so, please consider voting for the session I submitted, “Getting the Most out of Pair Programming.”  To vote, go here: http://www.socalcodecamp.com and log in (or register), then click on the Sessions tab, scroll down the the G’s (alphabetical by title), and check the box next to the “Interested” count.  Thanks.

Here’s the Session Description I Submitted: I’ll start with a 10- to 15-minute presentation of my experiences with pair programming going back 10 years, including early successes with regular day-long remote pairing sessions between Irvine, CA and Tucson, AZ (back when Extreme Programming was new and other people were still struggling to get pairing to work colocated).  I’ll then open up the floor for a roundtable discussion.

My presentation will cover the payoffs and drawbacks of pairing, issues about adopting pair programming and overcoming objections, techniques and protocols for getting the most out of pairing, and when pairing is appropriate and when it’s not.

In the discussion that follows, I’ll be especially anxious to see if I’ve addressed all of your objections/concerns, and I’d also like to hear about your own anecdotes and observations (particularly if they extend to people pairing up on non-programming tasks outside of the dev team).