That being said, I do miss solo work, because I could get into the zone, and even if I was going down the wrong path, it was ME doing it, master of my own domain. It feels like I'm alone on my boat sailing into uncharted waters, an adventure.
At its best, pairing feels like being part of a tactical response team, at its worst: like there is a machine that turns my brain cycles into money, and they let me keep some of the money at the end.
Edit: Rereading both comments, apparently pairing makes me wax with metaphors, like a... nah
That being said, I do miss solo work, because I could get into the zone, and even if I was going down the wrong path, it was ME doing it, master of my own domain. It feels like I'm alone on my boat sailing into uncharted waters, an adventure.
At its best, pairing feels like being part of a tactical response team, at its worst: like there is a machine that turns my brain cycles into money, and they let me keep some of the money at the end.
Edit: Rereading both comments, apparently pairing makes me wax with metaphors, like a... nah