[steelframe]

> I prefer to program alone.

I think a developer has to earn that privilege. Often times developers use the "just let me do my own thing by myself" line to push code they know is crap, just because they don't get the same level of scrutiny and accountability through an asynchronous code review. Asynchronously, the code reviewer isn't easily able to see the author's thought processes as they constructed their code, so they don't really know whether the author's way of solving the problem is reasonable given the context without putting in significantly more effort into reading the entire context in which the change was written.

After having dealt with mountains and mountains of technical debt in my career, I'm firmly of the opinion that every developer should go through a period of pair programming with a more senior developer. Maybe they can do it for their first quarter with the company. At that point, if the senior developer signs off, they can acquire the right to code independently if they so desire.

[Veuxdo]

Who should decide this? Is it based on level? Degree?