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Code with the Wisdom of the Crowd
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Code with the Wisdom of the Crowd

by Mark Pearl
July 2018
Beginner to intermediate
124 pages
3h 9m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Chapter 3People and Mobbing

As you do more mobbing, you’ll come to realize that mobbing isn’t just about the code, it’s also about the people. In 2017, through a Mob Programming Community survey,[23] I asked others about the challenges they’ve experienced with mobbing. Not too long into things, I noticed a pattern emerge in their responses:

  • “Getting along. If you can solve the interpersonal issues, then software just flows.”—Chris

  • “The culture in the team and in the company must encourage feeling safe to express emotions and opinions.”—Andrea

  • “Some may be too stuck on their own ways to be open to other’s ideas.”—Jon

  • “If a team already has personality issues, then implementing Mob Programming will be difficult.”—Natasha

  • “You have to accept ...

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