[jsbg]

Everyone inherently knows this, that's why they reach out to others when stuck on a bug (see also rubber-ducking). But why is it so hard to convince individuals and organizations of the benefits of pair programming?

[BurningFrog]

Doing pair programming well is a skill you have to learn from someone.

Putting two regular programmers together in front of a computer will typically annoy both and not accomplish much.

I was fortunate to learn from experienced people, and I've had very good experiences with it.

[bogrollben]

rubber-ducking and pair programming have wildly different investment costs

[jsbg]

Are you saying the reason people don't like pair programming is because it's considered more expensive than it's worth?