Policing and Pairing: An Unlikely Preparation
summary
Past policing experience translates into concrete pairing habits and routines rather than platitudes: ping pong pairing with failing tests and switches, standardized dev VMs on AWS, shared configs and Vim, and terminal sharing with tmux plus occasional VNC/IntelliJ for Java. Field training maps to a 12‑week apprenticeship model, pairing aids onboarding and safety, and practical rules emerge—divide responsibilities, watch for tunnel vision, take Pomodoro breaks—illustrated by a 12‑minute chase and the claim that ~70% of collision chases end in the first six minutes.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:32pairing is great
- 1:42pairing is scary
- 3:53alternative tools
- 4:56training
- 7:19divide labor
- 11:17stay safe
- 14:51bad habits
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