Re: Throwing out the practices for a night.

> Energized Work and Pair Programming I just don't get that feeling of 
> productivity that energizes me.

I tried throwing out the practices one night at WDS. I was convinced
that we should try to write some tools as plugins in Eclipse.

There's a steep learning curve to get things working. I like this sort
of challenge and cracked it with some afternoons and evenings. I was
the coach so I broke the rules and just did it.

It energized me.

As lead developer too, I then paired (pushed/pulled) with people, to
get a release out. However I'd left people behind. My energies were
enough to push it out, but it became "the thing you have to pair with
Oli on".

It wasn't energized work.

Technically, I still like what I'd done, but I'd failed to get anybody
else energised about it. There was nobody to carry the torch, and as
coach you have to move on.

It died quickly.





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