Productivity Tuesday | Hello Tech Pros

This software development manager believes it is an utter waste of money to hire a programmer and not pair them with someone else. Llewellyn Falco is an independent agile coach. He discovered strong-style pair programming and is creator of the open source testing tool ApprovalTests. He spends most of his time programming in Java and C# specializing in improving legacy code. Llewellyn is also co-founder of TeachingKidsProgramming.org. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/llewellyn-falco-productivity/ Key Takeaways Kids aren't ready for "real" programming until they are ready to read, write and type It's a waste of money to hire a programmer and not pair them with another It's our differences that make us stronger When we work together with someone, we are in the zone together for longer periods of time It is easier to focus and you aren't distracted as much When someone is "watching" us work, or working with us, we are more inclined to use best-practices We feed off the other person, we bring good things