[nfbcs] Pair Programming

[Susan Stanzel]

Congratulations to you Suzanne!

I just retired from USDA. We did a little pair programming. My problem was
that speech was much slower and if I wanted to check something with my
Braille display I also slowed down the process. You might have an advantage
to me because you can see what is going on. What tool will be used? How you
get along will also depend on how fast you can gain focus on the new
material and read it. If I was rushed it really impacted my thinking
ability. We were free to ask someone to look at something and there was
always a code review done before code was transferred to testing.

Maybe I should know, but what is USAA?

Susie Stanzel

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Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Pair Programming

Hello Suzanne,

congratulations again on the job offer and I know you will do awesome. 

Pair programming is doable for blind and/or low vision software people if
you have the right tools in place. For example if you require a 27 inch
monitor to see the screen of another engineers computer you should have
every right to ask for your company to accommodate you in that way. If this
too will not allow you to adequately interact with the software
independently you will need to ask for an additional monitor, and possible
another machine where you will be able to screen share with your partner so
you can zoom in with the software you require with the screen size you
require. 

Also just because the company is moving towards an Agile development process
does not mean they are also going towards a pair programming development
process. Pair programming is good for code reviews and maybe even for
developing complex systems but that does not line up with Agile as a
development process. Agile is all about working in teams but taking your
team and pairing them up actually would slow down your production because it
cuts your code development in half. I did remember hearing that USAA was
moving toward a pair programming process to try to push out more reliable
software. They are hoping that having two developers producing code will
help to catch faulty code faster. I myself love Agile programming but do not
particularly care for pair programming due to its slow and some times
confrontational development process. As I said before though it does come in
handy for code reviews and complex systems to have two minds working
together to solve a problem. I hope this some what helps you but if it does
not feel free to seek further guidance. 

Go Devils!

Bryan Duarte
Software Engineering Graduate student
ASU Fulton Engineering College
QwikEyes CEO

> On Oct 25, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Suzanne Germano via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I am legally blind. I use ZoomText or MacZoom with dual 27 inch 
> monitors. I will be graduating in Dec with my BS in Computer Science.
> 
> I accepted a software developer position with USAA to start in Jan. 
> There will be a 10-14 training program with java and agile. I found 
> out there will be pair programming. I think the company is going 
> toward more agile processes which i think means implementing pair
programmin.
> 
> Has anyone found a way to do this?  I, obviously cannot see their 
> screen. I have tried one screen regular and one zoomed but I find it 
> impossible to follow if I am not the one controlling the mouse. I even get
a headache.
> Also, for me to see a full line of code I span both 27 inch monitors.
> 
> Is there a way for someone who is legally blind to effectively pair 
> program.
> 
> Thank you
> Suzanne
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