14 Feb 2001 AustinBlues
» (Journeyer)
I have been thinking about Extreme Programming and Bazaar
style development. It seems to me that both are development
models for extraverts - people who get energy from being
with other people. Extraverts like to think out loud, i.e.,
the bazaar. Introverts prefer to work it all out privately
before presenting publically, i.e., the cathedral.
I have done some of the two person, one terminal work for
debugging sysadmin problems. We called it "getting the
intersection of our blindspots". It is effective, intense,
and draining. I think three hours a day is about I could
stand without wearing out. I'm not terribly introverted as
programmers go, so I wonder how this works for the general
programmer population.
With the adoption of these two models, I expect to see
more extraverts in programming.