Pair programming compatibility survey results
Total responses: 339
1) Qualities of most compatible partners
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Work ethic |
71% (240) |
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Sense of humor |
65% (221) |
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Personality match |
61% (207) |
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Similar skill level |
61% (206) |
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Felt comfortable |
56% (191) |
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Work patterns |
44% (150) |
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Work participator |
40% (135) |
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Higher skill level |
33% (111) |
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Same gender |
27% (92) |
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Project mgmt skills |
25% (84) |
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Punctual |
22% (76) |
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Different gender |
21% (73) |
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Lower skill level |
20% (69) |
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Similar age |
15% (51) |
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Same ethnicity |
7% (25) |
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Same nationality |
6% (21) |
2) Benefits of having a compatible partner
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Enjoyable |
88% (299) |
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More learning |
85% (288) |
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More productive |
82% (277) |
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Higher quality code |
75% (253) |
3) Qualities of least compatible partners
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Personality mismatch |
54% (183) |
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Differences in work ethic |
44% (150) |
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Not participatory |
43% (145) |
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Lower skill level |
32% (110) |
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Sense of humor |
28% (95) |
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Did not talk enough |
27% (93) |
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Breath problems |
19% (65) |
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Body odor |
19% (64) |
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Different work patterns |
18% (62) |
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Different PM skills |
18% (61) |
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Too talkative |
17% (59) |
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Made you inferior |
15% (52) |
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Language problems |
15% (51) |
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Not punctual |
13% (43) |
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Ask personal questions |
6% (22) |
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Higher skill level |
6% (21) |
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Different gender |
5% (17) |
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Same gender |
4% (13) |
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Similar skill level |
4% (13) |
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Age differences |
3% (10) |
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Different nationality |
2% (8) |
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Different ethnic background |
2% (6) |
4) Setbacks of having an incompatible partner
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Less enjoyable |
79% (267) |
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Less productive |
77% (262) |
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Miss learning opportunities |
55% (188) |
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Low quality code |
39% (133) |
5) Experience in pair programming
|
More than 2 years |
44% (151) |
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Between 6 months and 1 year |
20% (67) |
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Less than 6 months |
18% (62) |
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Between 1 and 2 years |
17% (59) |
6) Percentage of the day pair programming
|
Less than 10% |
28% (95) |
|
Between 10% and 25% |
23% (77) |
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Between 25% and 50% |
17% (59) |
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More than 75% |
16% (55) |
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Between 50% and 75% |
15% (53) |
7) Enjoy pair programming and why
|
Yes 91% (309) |
Learn 77% (262) Higher quality code 73% (249) More productive 71% (239) Social aspect 57% (194) Avoid long debugging
sessions 46% (157) |
|
No 9% (30) |
Like working alone
5% (17) Get more work done
alone 5% (16) Feel like I’m teaching
my 4% (14) partner all the time Produce high quality
code 3% (11) on my own No sense of
accomplishment 2% (8) Don’t get along with
partner 0%
(0) |
8) Country of origin
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Australia |
9 |
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Austria |
1 |
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Belgium |
2 |
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Brazil |
6 |
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Bulgaria |
3 |
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Canada |
23 |
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Chile |
1 |
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China |
6 |
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Colombia |
2 |
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Denmark |
1 |
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Egypt |
2 |
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England |
2 |
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Finland |
1 |
|
France |
1 |
|
Germany |
7 |
|
Hungary |
1 |
|
India |
47 |
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Indonesia |
4 |
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Ireland |
1 |
|
Israel |
13 |
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Malaysia |
1 |
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Mexico |
2 |
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Morocco |
1 |
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Nepal |
1 |
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Netherlands |
3 |
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New Zealand |
3 |
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Norway |
3 |
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Philippines |
2 |
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Poland |
2 |
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Portugal |
2 |
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Russia |
2 |
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South Africa |
3 |
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Sweden |
4 |
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Switzerland |
1 |
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Turkey |
4 |
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USA |
160 |
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UK |
10 |
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Venezuela |
1 |
|
Zambia |
1 |
9) Country of work
Same as above