> I, like most left-brained people, am an introvert and can’t comfortably tolerate that much company or social interaction. I find it VERY draining and aggravating. [emphasis added]
This is the attitude and experience of a misanthropic person, not a left-brained person.
> The fact that I’m very accomplished and skilled proves that pair programming is not necessary. [emphasis in original]
And egotistical. But, who has ever said (that anyone took seriously after more than a moment's thought) that pair programming was necessary?
> note: non-software developers should generally not be managing software developers – it’s like combining fire and water
Peter principal. My best manager was a software guy. My second best was in software when she started, but quickly left it for management. The absolute worst three, engineers in organizations where the only way up was management.
Let skilled managers become managers, and skilled engineers be engineers.
> This is the attitude and experience of a misanthropic person, not a left-brained person.
Disagree with both you and the author here. This is simply being "heavy" on the introvert scale. It really depends on when the aggravation is invoked. If it's invoked before the draining part then yeah probably misanthropic but if it's invoked after the draining part, that's definitely a "natural process" that could occur in any compu..human :)
This is the attitude and experience of a misanthropic person, not a left-brained person.
> The fact that I’m very accomplished and skilled proves that pair programming is not necessary. [emphasis in original]
And egotistical. But, who has ever said (that anyone took seriously after more than a moment's thought) that pair programming was necessary?
> note: non-software developers should generally not be managing software developers – it’s like combining fire and water
Peter principal. My best manager was a software guy. My second best was in software when she started, but quickly left it for management. The absolute worst three, engineers in organizations where the only way up was management.
Let skilled managers become managers, and skilled engineers be engineers.